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Pronto Cycle Share starts charging day-pass users $2 to rent a helmet
If you buy a 24-hour or three-day pass to use Pronto Cycle Share, you will now have to pay an extra $2 to check out a helmet. The bike share service activated the locks on their helmet bins today, which now require a key code to open. Previously, the bins were completely unlocked and Pronto…
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WA Transpo Bill Update: ‘Modest’ walk/bike safety boost, UW trail makeover, Eastside bike share + lots of highways
The WA legislature is getting closer to a possible deal on transportation funding, paid for in large part through a raise in the gas tax and raises in various weight fees. As with state spending for the past generation, the vast majority of spending in both the House and Senate bills will be on highways,…
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Pronto is six months old, launches week of price cuts & deals
Six month ago today, Seattle got bike share. Since that day in rainy October, people have completed more than 46,000 trips and biked 87,000 miles. That’s the equivalent of three and a half times around the Earth. To celebrate and get ready for the system’s first Bike Month and summertime surge, Pronto is offering deals…
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#BikeLove Party is in Pioneer Square Thursday (for real this time)
Back in February, we posted about this awesome bike party in Pioneer Square featuring live metalworking art, a bike ride and, of course, beer. But then it got cancelled. Sad face. But while the “love” theme may have made a bit more sense closer to Valentine’s Day, it’s never too late to love biking. Join…
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Construction displaces #5 most popular Pronto station + #WomenWhoBike ride today
Construction at 7th and Pine has displaced Pronto Cycle Share’s fifth most popular station. You can now find it at 7th and Union in front of ACT Theatre. While this move does put the station a little closer to the convention center, it moves it two blocks further from Westlake Station. Previously, it was the…
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Pronto launches first ever Women’s Bike Month + Women on Wheels 2015 is tonight
36 percent of Pronto Cycle Share members identify as women, but so far only 19 percent of Pronto trips were completed by women. Part of that gap is likely due to the gender gap within Pronto’s service area. For example, the 2010 Census counted 32 percent more men than women living in South Lake Union,…
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