Tag: pronto emerald city cycle share

September 15, 2016

Pronto finally arrives at UW Station, and it’s great

It took half a year, but bike share has finally arrived at UW Station. On paper, the station move from the UW Medical Center rotunda (a rather odd location to find if you weren’t in the know) to the plaza outside UW Station might not seem like a huge deal, but it makes combining light…
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tagged: pronto emerald city cycle share, uw station
July 15, 2016

Pronto releases a #SalmonBike into the wild

Pronto Cycle Share has released its third “unicorn” bike into the system: The #SalmonBike. Like the bike share system’s popular Pride-themed “glam” bike in 2015, there is only one red-scaled #SalmonBike out of the 500 bikes in the fleet. If you find it, post about it on social media using its hashtag to be entered…
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tagged: #SalmonBike, pronto emerald city cycle share, unicorn bike
June 30, 2016

SDOT Director Kubly admits to Pronto ethics violations, could be fined up to $10K

SDOT Director Scott Kubly has admitted that he failed to obtain a waiver before working with his former employer about Seattle’s bike share system Pronto. The months-long ethics investigation concluded that Kubly violated ethics rules by working with former co-workers during the bike share system’s first year in operation. Under an agreement between Kubly and…
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tagged: Ethics and Elections Commission, marilyn brenneman, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly
June 10, 2016

Watch: BMX on a Pronto with Steven Bafus

To most users, Pronto bikes are just a convenient way to cruise from point A to point B. But for BMX rider Steven Bafus, it’s that and so much more. Is BMX against the rules of Pronto? Probably (depends on how you interpret this: “You must not use a Pronto Cycle Share bicycle for racing,…
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tagged: Nicholas Soloninka, pronto emerald city cycle share, steven bafus
May 20, 2016

Happy Bike Everywhere Day! Map of stations + after parties

Happy Bike Everywhere Day! Above is a map of commute stations around the region. Take your time and take the long way to work this morning. And if you don’t have work this morning, even better! The secret of Bike Everywhere Day (formerly Bike to Work Day) is that its more fun if you don’t…
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tagged: bike everywhere day 2016, bike to work day 2016, cascade bicycle club, pronto emerald city cycle share
May 13, 2016

After week of strong sales, Pronto plans first ever ride ‘free’ day

Pronto Cycle Share just had its strongest week of new membership sales since autumn October 2014, though the system still has more work to do to catch up to its 2015 membership levels. 124 people signed up during the system’s Pronto Week promotion, General Manager Demi Allen said. That puts membership levels on the upswing…
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tagged: demi allen, pronto emerald city cycle share, prontoweek