Watching Barcelona's bike sharing system since 2007
I decided to stop api.bicingwatch.com, because it was too much work for too few visitors. I have uploaded the source code to github, where you can also find a recent dump of the data. The data covers more than one year of statistics, which might be useful for other projects. You can find the project …
elperiodico.com has a portal for bicing and cycling in Barcelona.
Yesterday evening bicing was broken all over Barcelona again. This seems to happen a lot after a strong rain. But El Pais mentions that the reason was the failure of their computer system, which also affected their website. This morning the problem was still apparent with a lot of the stations …
3DBicing, realidad aumentada para Bicing: “Con 3DBicing es posible ver por donde se encuentran situadas las paradas de Bicing, ver si hay bicis disponibles para coger y saber si hay anclajes donde poder dejarlas, todo ello sobreimpresionado en pantalla. La aplicación tiene un coste de 0.99 …
A view from the cycle path - David Hembrow: Little known about the effect of bike share on modal splits Barcelona is this best example. Traffic counts show a substantial growth on some cycle routes. The BICING system takes some credit for a 26% growth in cycle usage over these routes, 46% of that …
Bicing Payment of the entrance to the Zoo and public rates of Barcelona City Council - tickets to local gyms, civic and cultural centers - will be frozen in 2010, today said the first deputy mayor of Welfare and Territorial Cohesion, Carles Martí.source: europapress
La Guardia Urbana detiene a 600 barceloneses en medio año por robar bicicletas del Bicing - Qué.es La Guardia Urbana de Barcelona have arrested 600 people since May for stealing bicing bicycles. From the fleet of 6000 units 3300 have disappeared
www.btvnoticies.cat This also seems to make it impossible to park them on the wrong side, which was needed for a while.
Check out veloid a application for the android mobile phones to find bicing stations around you. It also does this for bike rental systems in other cities. Now I just need one for Symbian S60.
Radio show with the BBC guys and myself talking about bicing and cycling in general: BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - One Planet, 05/11/2009: “Also in this week’s show, we meet up with Barcelona resident and One Planet listener Christof Damian. He persuades Mike to get on his bike …