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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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Pronto memberships go on sale noon Monday, first 600 get special blue keys
Tune your web browser to prontocycleshare.com and ready your refresh button because memberships for Seattle’s bike share system go on sale at noon Monday. The system is scheduled to launch next month, and they are counting on a lot of people to buy their $85 annual memberships before the 500 public bikes hit the streets.…
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Pronto is hiring for all sorts of bike share jobs
Pronto Cycle Share is hiring for various positions needed to launch and operate Seattle’s planned bike share system. Whether you have office skills, bike fixin’ skills or people skills, they could need you. Below are the openings at the moment, posted to their job listings web page. But they will likely be adding more as…
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How Pronto plans to make bike share work even with Seattle’s helmet law
King County has a very rare all-ages helmet law, which will certainly complicate the launch and daily operations of Pronto Cycle Share in September. But fueled by a grant from Seattle Children’s, they are forging ahead with an ambitious and novel plan to make it work using a streamlined and simple helmet checkout and return…
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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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Pronto submits permits for bike share stations, is on schedule for September launch
Pronto Cycle Share is moving forward on schedule, and outreach has begun to finalize station locations. The bike share organization has applied for permits for what will be 50 stations, all operational by the end of September. The Alaska Airlines-sponsored system will launch with 500 bikes in the center city neighborhoods and the University District.…
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