Tag: limebike

July 27, 2017

With ceremonial unlocking, LimeBike officially launches + LimeRide Saturday

See our Seattle Bike Share Guide for an updated list of bike share companies in Seattle, links to download their apps and a quick rundown on how it all works. LimeBike started rolling out its 500 bikes en masse Tuesday, a week after Spin launched its similar free-floating, app-based $1 bike share service. “Seattle is…
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tagged: bike share, limebike
July 17, 2017

Bike share is now live + A handy guide to the new $1 bikes – UPDATED

Nothing costs a dollar anymore. But that’s all it costs to ride one of those bright orange or lime green bikes popping up on sidewalks and bike racks around Seattle. See our new Seattle Bike Share Guide for questions about how to get started and where to park. We will keep that page updated going…
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tagged: bike share, limebike, spin
July 7, 2017

Spin and LimeBike are first to apply for bike share permits, ready to launch once approved

Spin and LimeBike appear to be the two bike share companies most ready to get an early start on the streets of Seattle this summer. SDOT has confirmed that the companies are the only two who have yet submitted complete applications, though both permits are still under review. The city said it could take a…
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tagged: bike share, limebike, sdot, spin
May 22, 2017

City could set stationless bike share rules in June + LimeBike is third company to ready a Seattle launch

West Seattle’s Gabriel Scheer was a founding member of Pronto Cycle Share, so he was disappointed when that now-shuttered bike share system failed to expand beyond its small service area. “I don’t think it served the city as well as it should have,” he said. That’s a shortcoming Scheer plans to address as the Director of…
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tagged: limebike, stationless bike share