Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Sharing

West Hollywood Officially Launches WeHo Pedals, Region’s Newest Bike-Share

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2016 | 6 Comments

Yesterday at noon, the City of West Hollywood officially launched WeHo Pedals, the fourth bike-share system in the region operated by CycleHop. WeHo Pedals has 150 bicycles at seventeen stations throughout West Hollywood with rates ranging from $7 an hour to a yearly pass at $99. There is currently a discount for the yearly pass, […]

The Future of Bike-Share: An Interview with NABSA’s Matt Martin

By Joe Linton | Aug 26, 2016 | 1 Comment

Matt Martin is the Project Manager for the North American Bikeshare Association and the Director of Rosewood Bikes, a nonprofit program bringing bike resources to a poorly served area of Portland, Oregon. Prior to NABSA, Matt led the Community Bike Project Omaha, an Omaha nonprofit focused on transportation equity issues, where he helped bring bike-share to Omaha and served […]

Venice Opens First Official Breeze Bike Share Hub

By Jason Islas | Aug 15, 2016 | No Comments

Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin joined Santa Monica Mayor Tony Vazquez early Monday morning to officially install the first of five Breeze Bike Share hubs in Venice. The new station, which is located at 5th Street and Rose, is the first physical station of Santa Monica’s 500-bike, 80-station Breeze Bike Share system in the city […]

Eyes on the Street: West Hollywood’s Got Bike-Share

By Joe Linton | Aug 10, 2016 | 20 Comments

The full system launch is not until August 30, but the city of West Hollywood soft-launched its bike-share system yesterday. WeHo Pedals now has dozens of bicycles available at four initial stations. Introductory annual memberships are just $69. WeHo Pedals is operated by CycleHop, the same vendor that runs systems in Santa Monica (including Venice […]

Santa Monica’s Breeze Bike Share Nears 30,000 Active Users

By Jason Islas | Jul 27, 2016 | No Comments

Eight months after Santa Monica launched the first public bike-share program in L.A. County, the system is working. According to a report delivered to the City Council Tuesday night, Breeze Bike Share is nearing 30,000 “active subscribers” and has been used for roughly 170,000 trips since the system launched in November. “[Breeze Bike Share is […]

Bike-Share Updates: DTLA, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and California

By Joe Linton | Jul 14, 2016 | 4 Comments

It has been a week since Metro Bike Share opened in downtown Los Angeles. The system is currently open only to members, who must pre-register online. So I figured it’s time to take a ride and assess how bike-share is doing in various incarnations around the L.A. basin, including West Hollywood, Santa Monica, and downtown Los […]

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