Tag: ofo

December 31, 2018

People in Seattle have taken more than 2M Lime trips + ofo appears to be imploding

People in Seattle have taken more than 2,050,000 trips on Lime bikes since the company launched in summer 2017, according their annual report. That’s a pace of about 1.5 million trips per year for just one of the companies serving the city with shared bikes. There are few precedents for an urban mobility service that…
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tagged: bike share, limebike, ofo
July 30, 2018

Council approves bike share expansion + ofo cites fee hike in decision to leave Seattle

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a budget action Monday for new city rules on bike share companies that will expand the number of bikes in operation, increase the fees for bike share operators and put in place new regulations around the parking of the shared bikes. The Council action also outlines $1 million in…
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tagged: bike share, city council, limebike, ofo, sdot
June 6, 2018

Survey: Ahead of bike share permit update, survey says Seattleites are very supportive

The $1 Spin, Lime and ofo bikes around Seattle are very popular, appeal to wide demographics and are very often used to access transit. These are some of the findings from Seattle’s bike share permit pilot, setting the stage for the creation of a permanent permit scheme in June that could go into effect by the…
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tagged: bike share, limebike, ofo, sdot, spin
January 8, 2018

ofo kicks off 2018 with free rides, big plans and an allegation of poor working conditions

2017 was a wild year of expansion and change for the global bike share industry, and 2018 is already shaping up to continue the trend of innovation and competition within the industry. And Seattle is positioned to remain at the forefront among U.S. cities as city staff work on a permanent permit and regulation scheme…
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tagged: bike share, millionair club charity, nikolai mell, ofo, taylor bennett
September 20, 2017

Bike share ridership is booming + Spin launches better bike, Forbes says LimeBike valued at $200M

Free-floating bike share is working in Seattle. Or at least it sure appears that way according to the city’s first analysis of anonymized private bike share data. In just two months, people have already taken 120,000 trips on the bikes. And because companies are steadily increasing the number of bikes on the streets, the number…
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tagged: andrew glass hastings, kyle rowe, limebike, ofo, sdot, spin
September 7, 2017

Don’t expect a bike share surge as caps rise to 2K + Seattle bike share makes international news

See our Seattle Bike Share Guide for an updated FAQ about bike share in Seattle as well as links to download active companies’ apps and a guide to properly parking your bike share bike. The bike share cap has increased again. As of today, the city’s pilot permit allows companies to operate 2,000 bikes on…
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tagged: bike share, dan stone, diane horn, kexp, limebike, new york times, ofo, sara bernard, seattle weekly, spin, washington post