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Mike Ervin liked the idea when I first told him about bike share back in 2009. So did Andy Williamson- when I brought Bcycle from Boulder to the first Miami Valley Bicycle summit. I took a slide deck out and presented it to, or talked with Dr. Hopkins at Wright State who loved it. Dr. [...]
by David Esrati on July 17, 2012
While Dayton waits for the $4 million paddle boat run, Kansas City is jumping ahead with a small Bike share program. The pedaling population of Kansas City is expected to increase with the arrival of a bike-sharing program that has been a success in other cities. Ninety sturdy bicycles will come rolling into downtown today [...]
by David Esrati on June 24, 2012
…get healthier, save the planet, put more money in your pocket, never get a parking ticket or pay for parking ever again Of course, adding a bike share program would help too. But, alas, we’re going to waste $4 million on paddle boats on the river. Dayton- get out and ride.
by David Esrati on June 3, 2012
in big ideas for Dayton OH, Bike Share in Dayton Ohio, Economic Development in Dayton OH
On Friday I went to the annual meeting of the extra-tax to save downtown organization- I mean the Downtown Dayton Partnership presentation of the update on the “Downtown Dayton Plan.” It seems the last year has been spent quietly raising $3.8 million for the paddle boat run- and not much else. Now, it’s up to [...]
by David Esrati on November 18, 2011
About three years ago, I started championing a bike share system for Dayton. I talked to anyone and everyone who would listen. I had the people from B-cycle ship a prototype bike to Dayton for the bike summit. I even started mapping our where we should locate the bike stations on Google Maps. Three years [...]
by David Esrati on November 17, 2011
in Bike Share in Dayton Ohio, Economic Development in Dayton OH
I’ve talked on this site.about SRO housing before, as well as co-housing. SRO stands for “Single Room Occupancy” and it’s illegal in Dayton- despite there being a few “grandfathered” examples- and some operated by social service agencies (the DePaul Center on St. Clair being an example). Of course, the other name for SRO and co-housing [...]
by David Esrati on August 4, 2011
Without any real value analysis (just like the way the giant fountains were pushed down our throats) Dr. Mike Ervin and Five Rivers Metroparks are about to raise and spend $4 million on a pet project of making Dayton a kayaking destination. Were any other studies done to see what could have maximum bang for [...]
by David Esrati on May 22, 2011
Several years ago I proposed that Dayton join Denver in being one of the first to roll out the BCycle bike share system. It would have been about a $2 million investment, and would have put Dayton on the map in the news cycle as a major player and forward thinker in bik- sharing systems. [...]
by David Esrati on December 28, 2010
Retailers just reported a bounce in holiday sales that were actually over what they were pre-meltdown. The very same day- the price of gasoline shoots up to $3.20 a gallon. If the oil companies had any sense, they’d realize that by gouging now, we’ll end up with more people declaring bankruptcy again, prices on everything [...]
by David Esrati on December 27, 2010
in Bike Share in Dayton Ohio, Dayton's future, Economic Development in Dayton OH
In order for Dayton to get a bike-sharing system- we will need private businesses and institutions to buy in and support it. Wright State and the University of Dayton already understand the value a bike sharing system can bring to their parking impaired institutions, once Sinclair and the Hospitals and LexisNexis buy in, we may [...]
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