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Tag Archives: bike sharing
PROVOking the birth of bike sharing
Near the conclusion of his outstanding book, entitled In the City of Bikes; The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist, author Pete Jordan reveals an unknown [at least to me], yet significant part of bicycling history – the birth of the bike … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, branding, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, education, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, literature, marketing, new urbanism, planning, politics, product design, recreation, recycling, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, Travel, urban planning, volunteerism, writing
Tagged activism, advocacy, Amsterdam, anarchists, bicycles, bike sharing, cities, civics, civil disobedience, counterculture, Critical Mass, cycling, ghost bike, government, police brutality, politics, protests, PROVO, Ride of Silence, spirited anarchism, transportation, Yellow Bike Project
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Europe’s best ville vélopartage – Lyon, France
The list provided at the end of this post summarizes the 2012 results of Germany’s ADAC’s (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) analysis of bike sharing/rental programs in Europe. While Amsterdam and Copenhagen are generally regarded as two of the premiere cycling cities on … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, bike sharing, cities, culture, density, economic development, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, placemaking, planning, pollution, rail, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, UK, urban planning
Tagged ADAC, bicycling. Europe, bike sharing, cycling, ECF, European Cycling Federation, France, Lyon, transportation
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A vision for creating “share-ports”
As our transportation mode choices expand and the infrastructure is being improved and upgraded for complete streets; bus rapid transit, modern streetcars, or light rail; bicycle commuting; bike and/or car sharing; and walkability, coordinating all these expanded choices into a … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bicycling, cities, climate change, density, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, tourism, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, bike sharing, car sharing, cities, infrastructure, planning, transit, transportation, walking, Zip Car
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Mapping a future bike share network via “hub taxonomy”
On Monday afternoon, I was privileged to attend a planning charette for the purpose of mapping out a bike sharing system for Greater Lansing. More than 20 of us, not including facilitators from the University of Michigan, attended the charrette including representatives from … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, economic development, environment, geography, health, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, rail, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, bike sharing, cities, hub taxonomy, placemaking, transportation
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A capital idea – bike sharing in Greater Lansing
Back in late October of 2011, I wrote a post about bike sharing programs instituted by major universities and cities in the United States and Canada. Here in Greater Lansing, 1,051 area residents responded to a survey about establishing a … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, cities, climate change, culture, density, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, environment, fun, health, land use, placemaking, planning, spatial design, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged bicycling, bike commuting, bike sharing, Lansing, Michigan, surveys, transportation, travel
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