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Bike Share System
By robert | May 30, 2008
Came across this nice bike sharing system concept from Continuum. It’s an unmanned, self-service kiosk that allows you to swipe a public transit smart card and grab a bike. It’s nice and urban compact….14 bicycles racked on the station occupy the same amount of space as a parking space for one car. And solar energy powers the card readers and security system.
More and more of these bike share/kiosks are popping up in cities worldwide. It’s time to make it happen here in Charleston.
Topics: Fandango, Go Green | 2 Comments »
June 1st, 2008 at 9:00 am
There have been attempts at a public bike system here in Charleston before. When I started at CofC there was the Yellow Bike that you could use and then just leave on the side walk. I am sure is room for improving that old system.
http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/apr/29/good_morning_lowcountry38927/
June 1st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
A deposit system or small rental fee could help it work….and would help keep the bikes from vanishing. In Amsterdam they are using RFID so track down any bikes that go missing.