Tag: pronto emerald city cycle share

February 24, 2015

Pronto’s helmet solution just might work, but can it keep up with growth?

We’ve discussed the challenges of launching a bike share system in a city with a rare all-ages helmet law previously. In fact, we’ve done so at length several times. But while some other municipalities with helmet laws balk — Vancouver’s planned system has been delayed yet again, and B.C.’s helmet law was cited as a…
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tagged: capitol hill seattle, helmet laws, holly houser, pronto emerald city cycle share
February 6, 2015

Have you found the yellow ‘unicorn’ Pronto bike yet?

499 are green. One is yellow. Pronto Cycle Share has launched its first “unicorn bike.” It’s a new marketing scheme and game where they put one special yellow bike into circulation and encourage people to post on social media using the hashtag #VitaminP when they find it. It’s rainy and grim out, so the yellow…
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tagged: pronto emerald city cycle share, unicorn bike, vitaminp
January 14, 2015

2014 Pronto Stats: 43,010 miles biked + List of the most popular stations

Pronto launched in mid-October, just as the rain rolled in and temperatures dropped. So we do not yet have a clear picture of how popular Pronto will be during peak biking weather, though this time has given the Pronto team a chance to work out bugs in the system. But even in rainy weather, people…
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November 24, 2014

Police looking for person who painted, scrawled messages on Pronto bikes

Pronto Cycle Share launched in October, introducing 500 identical green bikes on the streets of Seattle. But I guess they’re not all identical anymore. Police are seeking a man they say vandalized two Pronto bikes, painting one entirely silver and writing all over the other with a permanent marker. Damages are estimated at around $1,250…
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tagged: crime, pronto emerald city cycle share, spd
November 14, 2014

In 1 month Pronto users biked distance from Seattle to NY 8 times + Helmet theft rate down

Pronto Cycle Share is a month old, and I already can’t imagine Seattle without it. In just the first month, 1,760 annual members, 1,856 24-hour pass holders and 156 three-day pass holders used the system to make 10,747 trips and travel 22,663 miles on the bike share system. And as Pronto noted in a blog post,…
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November 10, 2014

Scenes from #ILookGoodOnAPronto

The forecast was ominous, but as soon as #ILookGoodOnAPronto kicked off, the sun came out. 17 people then set out for a scavenger hunt using only bike share bikes and public transit. It may have been Seattle’s first alleycat race where people were not allowed to use their own bikes. Thanks everyone who joined us,…
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tagged: events, ILookGoodOnAPronto, pronto emerald city cycle share