Tag: bikesharing

Collaborative Consumption Helps American Millennials Drive Less, Share More

A combination of car-sharing, bike-sharing, and high quality public transportation apps have helped change the relationship between U.S. drivers and cars. The average number of miles driven by Americans has fallen steadily since 2005, and a generational shift has accelerated the change: Between 2001 and 2009, the average number of miles driven by 16- to 34-year-olds… Read more

Gizmodo: Citibike finally launches in NYC

“The program is a long time coming. Other cities, like Boston, D.C., and Chattanooga (who knew?), have been there first. But New York poses its own unique problems: There’s the simmering culture war between cyclists and pretty much everyone else. There’s the vastly understaffed accident investigation squad, which proved ill-equipped to handle the cases of several… Read more