Sep 04 2008
Manhattan Project Reviews
Following is a description of the New York Bike Share Project from the website.
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Imagine walking to a sidewalk corner and finding a public bicycle. With a cellphone call or swipe of a card, you unlock it from its bike rack and ride it across town. Once at your destination, you steer to the closest bike rack and, with one more call or card swipe, return the bike to the public network. You pay less than $.50 for the trip, and the bike is once again available for the taking.
So-called “bike-sharing” already exists in cities across Europe, with Paris alone currently installing over 10,000 bikes at 750 stations. Bike-sharing is revolutionizing transportation networks and greening the urban fabric. How could it launch in New York?
The New York Bike-Share Project consists of three parts: The Experiment: Twenty bicycles will be available for free 30-minute rentals between Storefront for Art and Architecture (97 Kenmare Street) and a roving, remote location. The Exhibition: A review of eight successful bike-share programs in European cities will be on view at Storefront. The Charette: The Forum For Urban Design will facilitate a public imagining of a future bike-share program in New York. Design and transportation experts will make public presentations on July 9 and 10 at 6pm. Final charette results will be published on nybikeshare.org and presented to the public on July 11 at 6pm.
The NY Bike Share Project is produced by
The Forum for Urban Design and Storefront for Art and Architecture.
The Forum for Urban Design
The NY Bike Share Project is made possible with the generous support of CEMUSA, ClearChannel (Adshel), Metro bicycles, and Bike and Roll (rentals-tours)
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I like that in addition to the large sponsors and bike organizations this plan includes sponsorship and cooperation from local storefronts. Places that are trying to increase foot traffic like a bagel place.
Two ideas came from looking at this website. The first is that we have to do our research on existing successful programs, i.e. Washington DC, to look for bugs and easy improvements.
The second and less immediate idea is that we approach some of the coop boards in the neighborhoods surrounding Flushing Meadow Park. Coop boards that are far enough away from the train and the park, may get excited about offering some type of modified bike share system.