Tag: puget sound bike share

November 1, 2013

Puget Sound Bike Share ‘optimistic’ about sponsorships, supplier troubles

Bike share boosters across the nation are biting their nails this week as Nice Ride, the Minneapolis public bikes organization, is pursuing legal action against Montreal-based PBSC. The problem is complicated, but the short version is that PBSC supplies the hardware and (in some places) software used by most major public bike systems in the…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, holly houser, pbsc, puget sound bike share
October 11, 2013

Why sponsoring bike share is the best marketing deal Seattle will ever see (but companies must act fast)

Simply put, there’s a good chance a marketing opportunity as good as Puget Sound Bike Share will never be seen in Seattle or King County again. For a few million dollars, your company’s name will become a part of thousands of people’s daily lives. Sponsoring the upcoming bike share is not just about the eyeballs…
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tagged: holly houser, puget sound bike share
October 1, 2013

Young Professionals in Transportation will feature bike share Director Holly Houser

Adam Parast, one of the leaders of the fairly new Young Professionals in Transportation group and a frequent contributor to Seattle Transit Blog, sent along this note that Puget Sound Bike Share Director Holly Houser will present to the group Thursday to discuss the area’s upcoming public bikes system. Should be a great way to…
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tagged: adam parast, holly houser, puget sound bike share, seattle transit blog, young professionals in transportation
September 4, 2013

City Council unanimously approves bike share ordinances, launch on track for Spring 2014

The City Council approved two ordinances Tuesday to make way for Puget Sound Bike Share stations on streets, sidewalks and plazas throughout Seattle’s urban centers, urban villages, commercial zones, industrial zones and major institutions. With a 7-0 vote (Burgess and Godden excused), the Council gave a big thumbs up to the public bikes system, which…
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tagged: city council, holly houser, puget sound bike share
August 30, 2013

OMG! Somebody pedaled a Capital Bikeshare all the way to Seattle?!?! (not really)

I received so many messages yesterday from people who saw this Washington DC Capital Bikeshare bike locked up in Seattle. It even led to a completely baffled post on DCist. Did someone really ride a bike share bike 3,000 miles to Seattle? Just imagine the overage charges they’ve racked up! Unfortunately, no, this bike was…
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tagged: alta bicycle share, bay area bike share, capital bikeshare, puget sound bike share, san fransisco
August 22, 2013

Real Change: Puget Sound Bike Share looking into discounts for low-income residents

In other parts of the world, bike share systems are often called “public bikes,” a term that captures the civic mission of the systems. It both captures the idea that the bikes are part of the public transportation system and that the bikes are for everybody. At an estimated cost of $8 per day or…
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tagged: puget sound bike share, real change