On June 20, 2014, the Capital District Transportation Committee announced its CAPITAL REGION BIKESHARE MONTH. This will include short-term BikeShare pilots in Albany, Saratoga Springs, Schenectady, and Troy. There will be 25 bicycles for use between 10 am and 8 pm at one or more locations announced by the cities. The Albany BikeShare will be in Washington Park in Albany from Saturday, August 9 through Friday, August 15. There is no cost to participants, although a credit card will need to be on file as security for the bikes. More information and updates will be available here.
Other City Dates were/are as follows: Schenectady Thursday July 10 – Wednesday July 16, TroySunday July 20 – Saturday July 26, and Saratoga Springs Wednesday July 30 – Tuesday August 5.
The signature program in New York State is CitiBike. Here are some statistics on NYC followed by global data.
The Cold, Hard Facts . . . on CitiBike in New York City (as of May 2014)
Trips – 9 million+
Avg. Trip – 14 min, 16 sec
Miles – 16 million+
Annual Memberships – 10,700
Casual Use Passes – 400,000
Fleet – 6,200 bicycles
Crash Reports – 100
Carbon Offset – 5,832,377 lbs.
Flats per Month – 511
(Source: NYC Bicycle Share., LLC as reported in Bicycling, July 2014)
Global Bicycle Share
Percentage of world population in cities – 50
Fleet Size (52 countries, 600 cities; early 2014) – 570,000
China Fleet (82 programs) 380,000
World’s Largest Program Fleet (Wuhan, China; 9 million people) – 90,000
Programs in USA – 36
Predicted USA Fleet (late 2014) – 37,000
Paris Fleet – 24,000+
Paris Stations – 1,700+
Paris’s Increase in People on Bicycles in the Streets (2007-14) – 41%
Average Annual AAA Cost to Own a Car and Drive 10,000 Miles/Year – $7,800
Bike Share Annual Membership – less than $100
London Fleet – 9,000+ (launched 2010, 6,000 bicycles)
Programs in España – 132
Programs in Italia – 104
Programs in Deutschland – 43
Weight Loss Going from Driving to Cycle Commuting – 10 lb/year
(Source: Bicycle Times, September 2014)
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