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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: thelakelander on October 27, 2014, 06:58:16 AM

Title: Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America
Post by: thelakelander on October 27, 2014, 06:58:16 AM
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QuoteThe rise of bike-share as a popular mode of city transportation has been swift and impressive. A new report on the state of North American bike-share, which gives new meaning to the word "comprehensive," puts the total number of users at more than 1.1 million as of 2012. And that's before the launch of new systems in major cities like Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Bike-share is not only here to stay—it's still getting here.

Unfortunately, it's been especially slow to arrive for poor residents. Bike-share has struggled to reach low-income riders despite considerable (and continuing) efforts by leading systems—Capital Bikeshare in Washington, D.C., Hubway in Boston, and B-Cycle in Denver notable among them—and these struggles persist. Until bike-share resolves these income disparities, its development from niche amenity into legitimate form of public transit can't be complete.

Data in the new bike-share report underscore just how systemic the equity problem is.

Full article: http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/10/bike-share-is-still-struggling-to-reach-poor-people-across-north-america/381822/
Title: Re: Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America
Post by: Noone on October 27, 2014, 09:00:57 AM
Any update on how it is working at the Hyatt?
Title: Re: Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America
Post by: thelakelander on October 27, 2014, 10:39:15 AM
I'm not sure but the Hyatt's program is bike rental for its guest.  It's not bike share.
Title: Re: Bike-Share Is (Still) Struggling to Reach Poor People Across North America
Post by: Noone on October 27, 2014, 03:48:39 PM
Can anyone share how the bike rental is working out at the Hyatt. Congratulations to them for at least trying.