Speaking of bikeshare concept B-Cycle which we wrote about yesterday, one of the brains behind the concept will be speaking on it at SXSW next Friday. Alex Bogusky, Chairman of Ad agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky will be at SXSW Interactive to talk about the concept. To quote their media release: In increasingly turbulent times, [...]
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Bring B-Cycle Velib-style Bike Sharing to Austin?
Marsha Ungchusri sent the following submission in to us. B-Cycle is a Bike Sharing concept nearly identical in function to Velib in France. It’s a corporate collaboration between health firm Humana, Trek Bicycles, and ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky. The site looks promising, but it isn’t backed up with quite enough information to make [...]
Velib in trouble? Perhaps they could learn a few things from Austin CarShare.
I was reading a BikePortland story yesterday about the Velib system, and was dismayed to hear that the operator, advertising company JCDecaux, had recently stated the system was in dire straits. To quote the original BBC story: Remi Pheulpin, JCDecaux’s director general, says the current contract is unsustainable. “It’s simple. All the receipts go to [...]
Bicycle News Roundup, 2/2/09
Houston’s new bicycle coordinator has a tough job ahead. The Houston Chronicle has a short story on their desperately needed bicycle plan update. Seattle is installing on-street bicycle parking in place of car spaces. Do we have the guts to do this in Austin? The Bike-sharing Blog reports that San Francisco is getting a bike-sharing [...]
