Category Archives: Bike share programs

Citi Bike and Lyft recall

Citi Bike (New York City’s bike share system), also other bike share systems and the Lyft ride-share company, are recalling hundreds of electrically-assisted bicycles as of April 16, 2019, see this blog post. The brakes shown in the photo here … Continue reading

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Guest posting: Alan Forkosh on community bike systems

This guest posting is by permission of the author, Alan Forkosh, who writes: Here are some observations on how the Vélib community bike system in Paris works. My thoughts on the issue crystallized after a trip to Paris in the … Continue reading

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Bike Share? Careful!

I just got the August 5, 2009 San Francisco Bicycle Coalition newsletter online.  It contains the news that the Paris, France bike share program has been “a huge success.” [Page deleted and notarchived, SF Bicycle coalition has erased this history, … Continue reading

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