Bike share in Dayton

Bike Share in Dayton is called “Link Dayton”

It’s official. Bikeshare in Dayton now is called “Link Dayton” The site via Bcycle– the system vendor is live- and accepting memberships. First 100 get $10 off an annual. I’ve signed up and paid. Membership doesn’t start until you take your first ride. The system is a training wheels one- with the bare minimum of Read More

The mind, body and spirit of Dayton

Yesterday, we hung the third donated First Team FT172D rim at Princeton Recreation center. (If you’d like to donate rims, click the link and follow the instructions.) Now all 6 backboards have workable rims, although 2 are built for chains, and one- the one next to “the rock” is suffering from rotted backboarditis. I’ve been Read More

The man behind the curtain is now backing bike share

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. Read More

David Esrati on Velib in Paris

Bike share in Paris: Vélib’ the way to see Paris

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 Read More

After 1 year: Denver B-cycle bikes success

While Denver is still working out a few kinks with the touch screens- that weren’t as touch sensitive as they should be, and a bit of confusion with the rate system- the roll out of 500 bikes has made an impact: Word spread. People grasped the economic and environmental benefits. More and more red bikes Read More

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