bicingwatch

 Suprageography: has a nice graph about the effects of Bikes, Strikes, Snow and Ice on a public bike rental scheme.

Interesting article on Münchenierung: “Perspective of cycling as barrier or facilitator” Interesting stuff in the 'upcoming section of the Academic Journal Transport Policy. A Australian study found qualitative evidence for the fact that the public perspective of cycling can be an …

Check out this new map http://oobrien.com/vis/bikes/?city=barcelona , it includes animation of the last 48 hours and bike sharing information from other cities. It also uses openstreetmap, which is nice. via streetsblog

I am all for enforcing driving laws, but this seems a bit harsh. I also wonder when they are going to start enforcing the speed and stop lights laws in Barcelona for cars and motorcycles. Every few weeks I see an accident involving scooter riders who jumped the lights. I guess bicing riders are …

Pedal Power: The World’s Five Bike-Friendliest Cities - Tonic: “4. Barcelona, Spain: Take a Bike, Leave a Bike General population: 1.6 million Biking population: More than 30,000 Barcelonese commute by bicycle.”

TreeHugger examines the drop of bicing usage in the last year. Some interesting statistics in that article. TreeHugger: When Bike Sharing Falters (and Why We Can’t Let It): Consider the statistics. While in 2009, Barcelona added 10% more kilometers to its bike paths, trips by bike dropped 5.6% …

How IT Can Help the World Go Oil-Free | Greenpeace International:Barcelona’s popular Bicing service was recently enhanced by the addition of an iPhone app, which uses GPS to pinpoint the user’s location and help them find a convenient bike station for pick-up or drop-off, saving time on both ends. …

El área metropolitana acumula unidades robadas al Bicing - Barcelona - El Periódico: half of the 6000 bikes have been stolen at least once200 bikes show up in Sant Adrià del Besòs every month

Yesterday bicing tried to upgrade the computer system of the stations and the website, but had to revert to the old version after discovering problems. Annoying as this is, it does not really surprise anyone dealing with computers. The news sites see it as a bigger problem though: El Pais: El fiasco …

anabananasplit has great photos and slides from Velo-City 2010 on her flickr page. Looks like a brilliant event.