Tag: pronto emerald city cycle share
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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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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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Pronto members will give bikes inaugural ride Monday + Cascade offers beginners class for Pronto users
Bike share really is coming to Seattle, and it’s happening in less than a week. The Pronto bikes are gonna be introduced in style Monday, with members biking them out to docks around the city. The launch will kick-off with an event in Occidental Park at 11 a.m., then members who signed up for a…
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Pronto starts installing station docks, helmet vending machines won’t be ready for launch
With just weeks to go before 500 Pronto Cycle Share bikes are scheduled to fill the streets of Seattle, workers will begin installing the 50 station docks this week. This is a big step for the bike share system, and it will be a chance for people to start getting familiar with station locations. Speaking…
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Mayor’s budget: More downtown bike lanes, bike share in the CD, revamped Summer Streets
Mayor Ed Murray unveiled his first ever city budget Monday afternoon, which includes big investments in neighborhoods, an expansion of the Summer Streets program, more funding for protected bike lanes downtown and an expansion of Pronto Cycle Share into the Central District and Yesler Terrace. But the mayor also noted that some big changes in…
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