Watching Barcelona's bike sharing system since 2007
Paul DeMaio from the bike sharing blog has some interesting information on Velib usage. I really would be interested in similar information for Barcelona. It is probably similar. The usage here is certainly dependent on the weather too. Just try to find a parking spot at the beach in the summer. The …
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona’s Bike Sharing System (Part 3: Clear Channel) : TreeHugger: “This week we interviewed Clear Channel Outdoor in Spain, the company behind the bike sharing system Bicing in Barcelona, whose success story you can read here. We previously interviewed Mayra Nieto …
The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona’s Bike Sharing System (Part 2: the Users) : TreeHugger: “This is Part 2 of our interview series about Barcelona’s bike sharing system Bicing. You can read the first interview with Mayra Nieto from the Barcelona City Council here. To find out what Bicing …
BCN WEEK | Barcelona’s Alternative Newsweekly: “BICING-BASHING Learn to hate Barcelona’s new high-visibility public bike program” bcn week ranting about bicingas they do
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona’s Bike Sharing System (Part 1: City Council) : TreeHugger: “The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona’s Bike Sharing System (Part 1: City Council)” TreeHugger interview with Mayra Nieto from the Mobility Division of B:SM, the Barcelona Municipal Service.
I saw bike #4192 (and #9) today and had a look at the changes. I didn't have my camera with me, so pictures will have to wait. As I mentioned before: the obsolete lamp holder in the front was removed. The new bikes also have a new gear shifter, which looks a bit more robust. The biggest change is to …
Bicing now has 100000 subscribers, 194 stations and 3000 bicycles. And all in less than a year since the start in March 2007. Here is a video with our mayor with card #100000. The mapabicing blog also has a new map with all the stations I saw bicycle number 3970 today. This is the highest number I …
This time I got bitten by the bicing computer problems too. At the moment I am not able to use bicing, because the stations tell me that my card is not valid. They recognise it as a card, but not as a valid one. Whatever that means. I send them a email, lets see what happens. Once I noticed this I …