August 6, 20131 Comment on Bay Area Bike Share station scavenger hunt!
Lady Fleur and I heard the San Francisco Bay Area Bikeshare program are installing five bike share locations each day on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, so we went on a hunt for the first five locations last night.
The first location was easy because the San Jose bike program had tweeted about the Arena Green location on Autumn Street across from the SAP Center.
August 5, 2013Leave a Comment
People gather around Colin Heyne of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition as he explains Bay Area Bike Share during South First Fridays street fair last Friday night.
Colin is deputy director of the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition. Bay Area Bike Share is the bike sharing program coming to San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City and San Francisco by the end of this month.
July 30, 20132 Comments on EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!
SF Bay Area Bike Share tweeted this photo of their warehouse this morning.
Which for some funny reason reminded me of this.
Or perhaps these are a little more apropos.
Is Bike Share a secret war on cars inflicted on hapless innocents who are hated by the elitist socialists in positions of political power? Or maybe it’s just an easier way to get around the cities of San Jose, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City and San Francisco.
Lady Fleur shares a few opinions on the bike share bike as she and SVBC staffer Megan Maleck (rhymes with Dalek) took a tour of the South Bay on a demo bike, including one from Yours Truly in which I pronounce the ride is laterally stiff yet vertically compliant.
You can sign up for memberships Right Now at Bay Area Bike Share. It appears the special Founding Members keys are still available.
July 26, 2013Leave a Comment
Megan Melack rode a Capital Bikeshare bike from her office at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Diridon Station in San Jose to let people try it out. This is Danny (not Megan) on the bike.
July 15, 20134 Comments on Bay Area Bike Share: Membership sales begin TODAY!
Bay Area Bike Share (“BABS”) membership sign up begins today.
You can bet your bottom bracket that I’m signed up for the $88 annual membership. 24 hour membership runs $9, while 3 day memberships go for $22. Unlimited use of the bikes in San Francisco, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Jose is included in this membership as long as you return the bike to a kiosk within 30 minutes. Go beyond 30 minutes and it’s $4 for the first hour, then $7 for each additional 30 minutes beyond that.
The 30 minute time limit encourages high turnover so more people can use the bikes. Otherwise, you might just ride the bike to your office and keep it there all day before returning home for the evening.
How does bike share ensure bike availability at transit stations during the commute? Workers balance the fleet by loading piles of bikes up on their trucks up to return them to heavily used kiosks. The process is reversed in the evening.
Go to Bay Area Bike Share and sign up today!
June 13, 20132 Comments on Moscow Russia Bike Share
Moscow, Russia have piloted their own bike share program after intense lobbying by local bicycle advocates.
