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INFRASTRUCTURE: Bike Share Toronto gets a new app
Posted about this new app back on Saturday, but I’m glad BlogTO is featuring it too. Bike Share Toronto, the new company that has replaced BIXI, currently lacks its own mobile app to track bike...
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VIDEO: New BikeShare Toronto Promo
Okay. This is pretty damn good. Good job BST. Introducing our promo video! Watch it full here: Don’t forget to enter our “Design a BST bike cap” contest and win an annual membership and cool goodies....
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YES! Get an annual Bikeshare Toronto membership for just $50!!!
Awesome! For the next 3 days, you can get a yearly membership to Bikeshare Toronto for just $50 (regularly $90), or a monthly one for just $10 (regularly $18). For perspective, a TTC Metropass (only...
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Bike Share Toronto deploys colourful rainbow bikes for Pride!
Bikeshare Toronto has been deploying Rainbow Bikes around downtown Toronto just in time for Pride! I love how magical Toronto gets at this time of year. Rainbows everywhere! Our last batch of...
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OH YEAH: Bikeshare Toronto membership for just $42.50! (Less than half price!!)
I’ve been promoting this deal a bunch, and with good reason… I want bikesharing in Toronto to be so successful that it expands from the core. But this weekend (until Tuesday at midnight, Buytopia is...
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ELSEWHERE: P’tit Vélib’ — bike-sharing program for kids launches in Paris
Bike-sharing programs have been all the rage in recent years. The Vélib’ program in Paris was by many accounts the program that got the massive trend rolling. Now, it has started P’tit Vélib’, a...
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OH YEAH: The $50 Bike Share Toronto deal is STILL ON
UPDATE: the deal is now over. Congrats if you scored yourself one. The BikeShare Toronto deal over on Buytopia keeps rolling on. $50 for an entire year of unlimited sub-30 minute rides! That’s...
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OH YEAH! Bike Share Toronto Hackathon & Design Jam
Very cool! Bikeshare Toronto… I think I love you. Great innovative event. Save the date – we’re hacking Bike Share Toronto! On August 15th, 16th and 17th, we’ll be holding a hackathon, design jam...
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NEWS: Bike Share struggling with repair problem
I could do without the anecdotes from people whining about not being able to find a spot to park their bikeshare bike (that generally means that the system is popular), but it is a symptom of the...
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ELSEWHERE: Persuasive Evidence that Bike-Share Serves as Public Transit
Past work has found that bike-share members decrease their car use considerably: According to one survey, 52 percent did so in Minneapolis, and 41 percent in Washington, D.C. The new, more...
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NEWS: Bike Share Toronto Data Released
Toronto Bike Share users have made 285,384 trips so far in 2014, criss-crossing the city via a network of 80 bicycle docks. In June alone, they pedalled 237,723 kilometres — burning an estimated six...
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OH YEAH! Bike Finder uses SMA to find Bikeshare Toronto bikes!
Need to find the closest Bike Share Toronto station? Text your intersection to 647-559-0509 and Bike Finder will text back the location of the closest station, and how many docks are open. via Cycle...
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ELSEWHERE: NYC’s Citi Bike Is Finally Being Treated Like Public Transit
After months of troubles reported by New York City’s bikeshare, it seems that Citi Bike has finally charted a path towards success. It’s going to be more expensive, but will offer improved service and...
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NEWS: John Tory to make Bikeshare announcement
UPDATE! TD is sponsoring Bikeshare Toronto for the next two years, opening up expansion plans. I just saw the “ticker”/news-scroll on CP24 say that John Tory is about to make an announcement regarding...
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NEWS: Bike Share Toronto expansion coming in 2015 with TD sponsorship
WOOOOOOOO! The City of Toronto will install 20 additional bike share stations in time for the 2015 Pan Am Games and continue to expand into high-density areas in 2016, according to the president of...
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Hamilton Bike Share Officially Launches
Awesome news from just down the QEW – and an interesting system. Rather than bikedocks like Bikeshare Toronto, people can lock up to any bikerack in the service area (for an extra fee). The $1.6...
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ELSEWHERE: Has Philadelphia Made A Bike Share That Can Get The Entire City...
Very interesting concepts here: Ever since Washington, D.C., launched the nation’s first publicly funded bike share program in 2008, some 70 cities have followed suit, from Savannah to Seattle. And...
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Toronto Bike Share won’t expand in time for Pan Am Games
Well, this is unfortunate. It’s good to see what else is in this article though… updates from Bixi-like systems around North America. Good to see in the “mainstream media”. Pan Am plans...
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NEWS: Nearby bikeshare station may raise your home’s value
Having a bike share station outside your front door might do more than give you a convenient way to ride to work — it might also boost the value of your home. According to a new study from McGill...
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OH YEAH! Bike Share Toronto to double with $4.9 million from Metrolinx
Oh yeah! Big plans for Bikeshare Toronto expansion! Metrolinx is doubling the size of the city’s bike sharing system with $4.9 million aimed primarily at making more bikes available at transit...
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