Comments on: SmartBike Expansion Gets a Flat

By: Bixi in 2 Washingtons! « Transport in Montreal

Bixi in 2 Washingtons! « Transport in Montreal — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:58:23 +0000

[...] The Washington DC announcement is very interesting because the city already has a contract with a different bike sharing company – SmartBike by Clear Channel. The limitations of this system is that it is much more expensive to deploy since the road needs to be dug up to install the docking stations. The current system, after at least one year, has 125 bike docks in 10 stations. Perhaps the reason why the city decided to move to a different system could be explained here? [...]

By: Streetsblog San Francisco » Sponsors Sold on Health, Economic Benefits of Minneapolis Bike-Share

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:19:05 +0000

[...] With Denver planning to get a 600-bike system up and running in April, and Washington, DC working out some kinks in the plan to expand its SmartBike pilot, 2010 is shaping up to be a momentous year for bike-share [...]

By: Streetsblog New York City » Sponsors Sold on Health, Economic Benefits of Minneapolis Bike-Share

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:13:16 +0000

By: Vox Populi » A Georgetown SmartBike station is one of “the worst pork-barrel projects of the 111th Congress”

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:31:42 +0000

[...] Clear Channel, the administrators of the SmartBike bike-sharing program, and the City, it’s unlikely that Georgetown will get a SmartBike station any time [...]

By: Mobility-Driven Companies Shake Up the Bikesharing Market | TheCityFix DC

Mobility-Driven Companies Shake Up the Bikesharing Market | TheCityFix DC — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:48:22 +0000

[...] It seems that D.C.’s 10,000+ SmartBike members may have to wait some time for the District’s promised ten-fold expansion. ClearChannel Outdoor, the advertising giant that operates SmartBike, has little interest to expand the pilot, according to news last week from the Georgetown Metropolitan. [...]

By: Update On Smartbike Expansion «

Update On Smartbike Expansion « — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:35:28 +0000

[...] discussed by GM in June, the long discussed expansion of the District’s bike sharing program, SmartBike, which was to [...]

By: Current Provides Update on Smartbike Expansion «

Current Provides Update on Smartbike Expansion « — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:02:35 +0000

[...] Provides Update on Smartbike Expansion Jump to Comments A couple weeks ago, GM reported that he heard a rumor that the planned expansion of the Smartbike program had hit a snag and that Clear Channel was [...]

By: THE CITY FIX: Exploring Sustainable Solutions to the Problems of Urban Mobility » Blog Archive » Mobility-Driven Companies Shaking Up the Bikesharing Market

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:12:11 +0000

By: Tragedy on the Red Line: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper

Tragedy on the Red Line: Loose Lips Daily - City Desk - Washington City Paper — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:43:48 +0000

[...] Is the District looking to dump ClearChannel as operator? Georgetown Metropolitan thinks so: ‘Well it turns out that Clear Channel doesn’t think the deal they agreed to includes [...]

By: Justin from ReadysetDC

Justin from ReadysetDC — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:35:54 +0000

DAMN! I was so waiting for a good announcement soon. Maybe they could renegotiate? This was a truly progressive initiative that would set a spotlight on DC as a sustainable, livable city. I’m hoping for the best…