Category Archives: Bike share programs

Citi Bike and Lyft recall

Posted on April 16, 2019 by jsallen

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

Posted on November 15, 2011 by jsallen

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!

Posted on August 6, 2009 by jsallen

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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