Deploying New Urban Mobility
Bikeshare is at an inflection point. The smart-dock model made famous by Vélib’ is too expensive and too inflexible. Working with Bike and Roll NYC, the nation’s largest bike rental company with...
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MAYOR’S OFFICE: MEDIA ADVISORY: HOBOKEN TO KICK OFF BIKE SHARING/BIKE RENTAL PROGRAM Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer will be joined by Buddy Valastro and representatives from Bike and Roll, Social Bicycles,...
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Bikeshare’s Technological Shift
Dock to Lock While CitiBike has launched with older smart-dock technology, the future of bikeshare is being tested in Hoboken this summer (as part of Bike-the-Skyline). A hybrid approach that...
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NYC’s Other Bikeshare Rolls
Better Bikeshare The launch press conference for the nation’s first large scale hybrid bikeshare system was held today in Hoboken, New Jersey, a city with a rich history of innovation and...
View ArticlePIX 11: Dock vs Lock
Disruptive Innovation. The landline phone has largely been displaced by the smartphone. Chemical photography has largely been displaced by digital photography. Is the smart-dock bikeshare technology...
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Bikeshare for All
Bikes for a Few. Capital Bikeshare (“CaBi”), Denver Bikeshare and most likely CitiBike are or will be highly successful along many metrics. However, one metric where CaBi and Denver have thusfar...
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Pilot for Newest Bikeshare Model
Hoboken Bikeshare Hoboken is the pilot of a bikeshare system (called Bike-the-Skyline). If successful, this new model will show that bikeshare is viable in cities of every size and type. The primary...
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CitiBike, Bike and Roll, SoBi, Zagster…
NYC as bike innovation epicenter. While CitiBike gets most of the good (and bad) attention, New York City is becoming the testing ground for a variety of human-powered transportation. At last count:...
View ArticleGoogle, GM, Bosch, Evatran….
Induction charges ahead Inventropolis participant Evatran (Plugless Power) does it again. This time with General Motors Chevy Volt. Evatran already has a pilot with Google, a distribution agreement...
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The World Bike
www.theworldbike.com Addresses Unadressed Demand and Need Urban populations are expected to double over the next forty years. Most of that growth will most likely be in developing cities. Already...
View ArticleLondon Artists Fix Helmet Problem
Graduate students at the Royal College of Art in London may have solved one of the drawbacks of bikeshare, the helmet. With most research suggesting that wearing a bike helmet dramatically increases...
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CitiBike + BNR = Safety
CitiBike and Bike and Roll partner to provide helmets for CitiBike users. Crain’s reported today that Citi Bike, the nation’s largest bike fleet, and Bike and Roll, the nation’s second largest bike...
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Bike the Skyline
Study Video for Bike-the-Skyline Related PostsNJ/NY Interstate BikeshareBikeshare’s Tech ShiftThe London FixZemanta
View ArticleBetter Bikeshare (Hoboken)
MAYOR’S OFFICE: MEDIA ADVISORY: HOBOKEN TO KICK OFF BIKE SHARING/BIKE RENTAL PROGRAM Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer will be joined by Buddy... Read More »
View ArticleNew Urban Mobility
Bikeshare is at an inflection point. The smart-dock model made famous by Vélib’ is too expensive and too inflexible. Working... Read More »
View ArticleGoogle Bike
While many municipalities use exorbitant amounts of taxpayer money on infrastructure-laden bike-share programs, many companies are installing much lower cost... Read More »
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Disruptive Innovation
Based on the works of Joseph Schumpeter and Clay Christensen, new companies can use relatively simple, low-cost innovations to triumph over incumbents. Its not always obvious. As an example, it wasn’t...
View ArticleFreight Tricycles in NYC
Freight tricycles could be a critical part of a city’s zero carbon bike ecosystem. Freight tricycles: Adds to critical mass of a city’s bike maintenance ecosystem. Decreases a city’s carbon output....
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Interstate Bikeshare
PRESS RELEASE: OFFICE OF HOBOKEN MAYOR DAWN ZIMMER Hoboken to Launch First Hybrid Bikeshare Bike-share pilot will be among first to explore less expensive, more flexible “smart-lock” approach. Hoboken...
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New Urban Mobility
Bikeshare is at an inflection point. The smart-dock model made famous by Vélib’ is too expensive and too inflexible. Working with Bike and Roll NYC, the nation’s largest bike rental company with 2,000+...
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