Bike Sharing Brainstorm - Rail~Volution
Bike Sharing Brainstorm - Rail~Volution
Bike Sharing Brainstorm - Rail~Volution
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<strong>Bike</strong> <strong>Sharing</strong>Railvolution - BostonOctober 31, 2009Catherine CiarloTransportation DirectorOffice of Portland Mayor Sam Adams
<strong>Bike</strong> <strong>Sharing</strong> Definition• “Short term bikerental available atunattended urbanlocations.”-Paul DeMaio, <strong>Bike</strong><strong>Sharing</strong> Blog &Metro <strong>Bike</strong> LLCcourtesy of www.macleans.ca
How it works• Buy day or long-termmembership• SmartCard/credit card or cellphoneactivated
Benefits• Adds flexible,sustainabletransportationmode• Reduce auto trips• Increases transitcapacity:esp. atpeak• Mainstreamscycling
Benefits, continued• Attracts new riders:gateway tobicycling• Increase numberof cyclists
Implementation Challenges(riders • Safety (helmets, new• Liability• Theft/vandalism• Financing (public cost, lost parkingrevenue)
Where is bike sharing operating?• Europe: over 100cities• North America:(Washington, D.C.,Montreal)• Slated for 2010:Arlington, Boston,Denver, Minneapolis& Toronto)
Heavy Use <strong>Bike</strong> <strong>Sharing</strong> Cities• Paris: 54 million trips asof June 2008, 74,000trips/day (20,000 bikesin fleet)• Lyon – 22,000 trips/day(3,000 bikes)• Barcelona – 100%increase in bike modeshare in three months
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