This week, July 7-11, steal a New York City bicycle, if only for a 30 minute free ride. The Storefront for Art and Architecture invites you to re-imagine your city with public bikes for the taking on sidewalk corners. Why not? bike-share programs already exist in many cities in Europe - Barcelona, Stockholm, Olso and Vienna to name a few. If you want to learn more, an exhibit of eight successful bike-share programs is on view at Storefront - 97 Kenmare Street. Get inspired by public presentations of European bike-share program organizers.
Looking for a place to lock up your bike while you do a little shopping perhaps? You may experience the same problem I had when I rode up to the Union Square Greenmarket last Saturday. Bikes were locked to every conceivable piece of street furniture, and not a bike rack in sight. I now know that bike racks need to be requested, through the NYC Department of Transportation website. Only 3,000 have been installed to date, so let our city know where and when you need one (though I think Union Square is obvious!), and it will benefit all.
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Yes, even with the best of intentions, it is not easy being green. I applaud your efforts though. I also like all your design related posts. Beautiful pictures.
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Comment by lamarguerite July 9, 2007 @ 9:58 pmhttp://lamarguerite.wordpress.com
[...] be taking the honors as the first stateside city to launch a real bicycle sharing program. After a pilot program in NYC last summer, I was hoping that my hometown would take the lead. Its hard not to get excited about these sleek [...]
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