Tag: bike share

April 28, 2017

By killing Pronto, Seattle could become the center of private bike share innovation

The Pronto docks have been scrubbed from city streets. As much as I am sad to see it go and feel the system never got a fair shot at success, it’s done. Time to move on and look to the future of bike share in Seattle. And we may not need to wait long. “We’re…
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tagged: bike share, bluegogo, derrick ko, ilya movshovich, Lisa herbold, spin, tim burgess
February 10, 2016

Bike share can flourish in Seattle

With the City Council debating whether to buy out the 54-station Pronto Cycle Share system already in need of a buyout, the main question on people’s minds is: How do we know it will be successful going forward and worth that investment? Bike share in Seattle absolutely can succeed and flourish, but it’s not guaranteed.…
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tagged: bike share, center city bike network, helmet laws, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share, u district
October 23, 2014

After 4,000 rides and 1,450 members in first week, Pronto is throwing a party tonight

What do you do to celebrate the launch of an entirely new form of public transportation in Seattle? THROW A DANCE PARTY OF COURSE! You are invited to the #peopleforpronto party tonight at Hotel Max. There will be Peddler Brewing beer, dance music and a bunch of cool people who are just now recovering from…
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tagged: bike share, pronto emerald city cycle share
October 17, 2014

Chicago’s streets feel less mean when you’re on a Divvy bike

I have been out of town since Seattle’s bike share system launched, so to deal with my intense Pronto jealousy I had to check out some Divvy bikes while in Chicago. I grew up in St. Louis and went to college in Illinois, so I have been to Chicago a fair number of times. But…
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tagged: bike share, chicago, divvy
October 13, 2014

Pronto Cycle Share launches: What you need to know + Updates

Today is the big day. Pronto Cycle Share is scheduled to unlock its docks at 1 p.m., thus introducing an entirely new public transportation system to the streets of Seattle. Seattle will be the first major Pacific Northwest city to launch a modern public bike share system, which allows people 16 and up to check…
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tagged: bike share, pronto emerald city cycle share, spotcycle, transit app
August 25, 2014

Pronto membership sales start today – UPDATED

It’s really happening. Today, you can buy a membership for a Seattle public bike share system. Pronto memberships go went on sale at noon (see below for an update). As we reported last week, the first 600 people to register will get a special blue member key to show off their “founding member” status. After…
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tagged: bike share, pronto emerald city cycle share