We've finally posted online at PlanCharlotte.org a meaty piece about bike-sharing, not just Charlotte's newly launched program (ride for free all weekend!) but about the incredible expansion of bike-share programs around the country and the world. Read it here: "Charlotte joins global bike phenomenon."
“Every city on the map is thinking about this,” quips John Cock of Davidson, with Alta Planning + Design.
In fact, one reason the article didn't get posted until 5:30 or so is that the list of cities with bike-share programs kept expanding as we did more research. And not just world capitals (London, Paris) or granola-crunching cities (amazingly, Portland, Ore., is planning a new program but hasn't launched it yet). We mean Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Des Moines and Omaha. First one in the Carolinas was in – wait for it – Spartanburg. Chattanooga launches in the near future. Memphis and Birmingham, Ala., are talking about it. In a word, wow.
Below is a phalanx of bicycles at a station in the London bike-share program, sponsored (as you can see) by Barclays.
“Every city on the map is thinking about this,” quips John Cock of Davidson, with Alta Planning + Design.
In fact, one reason the article didn't get posted until 5:30 or so is that the list of cities with bike-share programs kept expanding as we did more research. And not just world capitals (London, Paris) or granola-crunching cities (amazingly, Portland, Ore., is planning a new program but hasn't launched it yet). We mean Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Des Moines and Omaha. First one in the Carolinas was in – wait for it – Spartanburg. Chattanooga launches in the near future. Memphis and Birmingham, Ala., are talking about it. In a word, wow.
Below is a phalanx of bicycles at a station in the London bike-share program, sponsored (as you can see) by Barclays.
