Tag: holly houser

July 28, 2014

I test ride a Pronto bike (and yes, it can climb hills)

Pronto Cycle Share has a couple prototypes of the 500 public bikes they will put into service around the city center and the U District in September, and I had the chance recently to test one out. The bike is the product of a new supply chain for Alta Bicycle Share, who used to get…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, arcade, bike share, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share, streetcars
April 23, 2014

Buses get cut, but bike share is on track: System sponsor list keeps growing

If you’re as bummed as I am about the likely rejection of Prop 1 to save Metro funding, put down that morning beer. There is some good transportation news today. Puget Sound Bike Share announced today that the list of sponsors continues to grow and now includes an impressive list of companies and organizations in…
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tagged: fred hutchinson, group health, holly houser, matt handley, puget sound bike share, rei, seattle children’s, spectrum development solutions, vulcan
April 3, 2014

Seattle-based system will pioneer new bike share partnership + Hiring manager

It’s almost official, bike share is coming to Seattle. Puget Sound Bike Share announced Thursday that they have entered into a deal that would utilize a redesigned partnership between Alta Bicycle Share and 8D Technologies to launch a Seattle-based system in 2014. After the not-entirely-surprising bankruptcy of former Alta supplier PBSC (AKA Bixi) earlier this…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, holly houser, puget sound bike share
January 22, 2014

Puget Sound Bike Share aiming for summer launch despite supplier bankruptcy

News broke Monday that the Canadian public bike maker PBSC (AKA Bixi) has declared bankruptcy. The company supplies the equipment and bikes used in most of the biggest US and Canadian bike share systems, including systems in New York City, Chicago and Washington DC. They are also the supplier Puget Sound Bike Share was planning…
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tagged: bixi, holly houser, pbsc, puget sound bike share
November 1, 2013

Puget Sound Bike Share ‘optimistic’ about sponsorships, supplier troubles

Bike share boosters across the nation are biting their nails this week as Nice Ride, the Minneapolis public bikes organization, is pursuing legal action against Montreal-based PBSC. The problem is complicated, but the short version is that PBSC supplies the hardware and (in some places) software used by most major public bike systems in the…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, holly houser, pbsc, puget sound bike share
October 11, 2013

Why sponsoring bike share is the best marketing deal Seattle will ever see (but companies must act fast)

Simply put, there’s a good chance a marketing opportunity as good as Puget Sound Bike Share will never be seen in Seattle or King County again. For a few million dollars, your company’s name will become a part of thousands of people’s daily lives. Sponsoring the upcoming bike share is not just about the eyeballs…
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tagged: holly houser, puget sound bike share