Tag: pronto emerald city cycle share

October 13, 2015

Happy first birthday, Pronto! A look at use and how the bike share system can grow

Pronto Cycle Share launched one year ago today. Since then, people have used the bikes to complete 144,000 trips, traveling 335,694 miles. That’s the equivalent of biking around the equator 13.5 times or biking to the moon and making it half way back. That’s a whole lot of bike sharing, and puts the Seattle system…
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tagged: holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share, stephen fesler, the urbanist
October 2, 2015

Seattle begins bike share takeover, budgets for system expansion

With a big plan for expanding Pronto Cycle Share, including a one-time budget expense to make it happen, the city has begun taking a more central role in the bike share system. “Bike share really expands the reach of the transit system, particularly when you add e-bikes in there,” said SDOT Director Scott Kubly. And…
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tagged: 2016 budget, ed murray, nicole freedman, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share, scott kubly, sdot
August 27, 2015

Houser stepping down as bike share Director

As Pronto Cycle Share nears its first birthday, the Holly Houser is handing over the helm. Houser has been Executive Director of Puget Sound Bike Share, the non-profit behind Pronto, since late 2012. From selecting an operating company (Alta Bicycle Share, which was bought by Motivate) to finding major sponsors to uniting the city government…
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tagged: holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share, puget sound bike share
August 17, 2015

Pronto adds low-income housing partner + L.A. may offer transit/bike transfers

Pronto Cycle Share announced a new partnership with Bellweather Housing last week, expanding the number of low-income residents who have access to reduced cost Pronto memberships to nearly 5,000. Bellweather joins Capitol Hill Housing in providing residents access to annual memberships as low as $20 for people making 30 percent of median income or less…
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tagged: josh cohen, next city, ORCA, ORCA Lift, pronto emerald city cycle share
June 8, 2015

City proposes ‘massive’ Pronto Cycle Share expansion

Pronto Cycle Share is an amazing transportation tool, but only if it’s limited service area fills a hole in your specific trip. If you live in the service area, it’s amazing. If you are headed to a city center destination that is an awkward distance from an express transit route, bike share can be a…
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tagged: charles mudede, motivate, ORCA, ORCA Lift, pronto emerald city cycle share, scott kubly, sdot, TIGER
June 1, 2015

Pronto releases one sparkly Pride bike + Two new stations

If you find the #ProntoGlam bike you should not only post an image on social media using the hashtag, but I believe you are also legally obligated to sing Christina Aguilera’s 2010 song “Glam” while riding it. The special bike is the latest “unicorn” bike promotion, a one-of-a-kind Pronto bike among 500 identical green bikes.…
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tagged: #prontoglam, pronto emerald city cycle share, unicorn bike