Tag: bike share
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Watch: Rooted In Rights why proper bike share parking is so important
It should be common sense, but don’t block walkways when you park a bike share bike. But you should also go a step further and think, would this bike impede someone with a vision impairment? Is it too close to a bus stop, curb ramp or building entrance? Disability rights organization Rooted In Rights partnered…
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SDOT partners with Outdoors For All to offer free adaptive bike rentals all summer
Bike share is amazing. Just beep a bike with your phone, and you’re riding wherever you want to go for a few nickels per minute. That is, of course, if you are physically able to operate the app and ride a two-wheeled sit-up style pedal bike. That’s why Seattle is using part of the permit…
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Bike share parking still an accessibility issue, but it’s getting better
In June 2018, 4% of bike share bikes were parked in a way that impeded a walkway or curb ramp. Today, that figure is fewer than 2%, according to the latest SDOT bike share audit, the Seattle Times reports. Bikes impeding on the safety and accessibility of our sidewalks is a problem. Yes, people do…
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Seattle’s bike share stands out as companies shift to scooters elsewhere
Just 21 months ago, Seattle turned American bike share on its head by permitting companies to launch free-floating bikes all over town, an effort that dramatically increased the number of bike trips all over town, turned heads in city halls across the country and helped demonstrate the popularity of so-called “micromobilty” companies, some of which…
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JUMP now reaches city limits, undercuts Lime by $1
After adding more bikes and changing its fare structure this week, JUMP’s red bikes now reach all of Seattle and cost $1 less to ride than Lime’s green and yellow bikes. JUMP initially launched Seattle service in November with a limited coverage area that excluded most of South Seattle, but quickly expanded to reach most of…
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JUMP expands service to SE and West Seattle following criticism, announces 2K new bikes
Following a Seattle Times story critical of the company’s limited service area, JUMP has expanded to include all of Southeast and West Seattle. Though the Times story headline says that JUMP has been charging people $25 for parking outside the service area, the company says it has not actually charged the fee to anyone yet.…
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