Bike-sharing systems are gaining momentum: at least 75 cities have implemented similar systems, with many more cities in various stages of research and development. In July 2007 Paris unveiled the most ambitious system to date and now has 20,600 bicycles at 1451 docking stations – one every 300 meters.
Will it work in Vancouver?
TransLink has started to do the research, and they’re asking for help. If you go to this link, you’ll find a spreadsheet with every city involved in bike sharing. If you’d like to add something, you can sign in or register with Google, get an invitation to contribute, and add comments. (Seems a bit convoluted to me, but I suppose it helps with quality control.)
Interestingly, TransLink has hopped aboard a blog – here – devoted to bike sharing to get the word out.
Portland has an RFP out, and it’s gotten a couple of serious responses. I’m hopeful.