A little late on this one
- Bikesharing stations are becoming the must-have amenity and preferred way to spend mandatory mitigation funding. 'Paul DeMaio, Capital Bikeshare Program Manager for Arlington County, says discussions with developers are becoming “more and more commonplace as developers wake up to the possibilities.”' Also includes this tidbit "The builders of a planned apartment complex in D.C.’s Takoma neighborhood also say their offer to sponsor a station was rejected by officials who felt the location was too far off the beaten path"
- Congress asks USDOT not to spend TIGER money on walking and biking, even though they only received ~5% of money in previous rounds and make up 12% of all trips.
- Empty space near downtown and above a Metro station, meet Bike House. Bike House, meet empty space.
- Boston's bike sharing system, Hubway, will expand (Still smaller than CaBi).
Thanks for pointing out the Takoma thing. I'm going to look into it.
Posted by: The Brightwoodian | November 29, 2011 at 07:02 PM
I wonder if the Takoma decision will be reconsidered if/when Montgomery County is able to bring stations online in Silver Spring.
For the moment, Takoma seems far enough away from the existing system that it would be a defensible position to take, primarily from the thoughts of what kind of rebalancing effects it may have, and the fact that there are only a handful of stations that could be reached from Takoma in a 30-minute ride. (OTOH, next Spring's 50-station expansion may likely render that point moot).
Posted by: Jacques | November 29, 2011 at 10:08 PM
More details on Takoma: http://thebrightwoodian.blogspot.com/2011/11/capital-bikeshare-rejects-developer.html
Posted by: The Brightwoodian | November 29, 2011 at 10:30 PM