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Tag: Houston BCycle

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Transportation

Metro board to vote on $10.5 million bike share system contract next week

Sarah Grunau

Posted on September 21, 2023 · The news comes a day after Houston mayor Sylvester Turner recommended a $500,000 dedication to keep BCycle afloat.

Tags BCycle Stations bike share Houston BCycle Houston transportation Metropolitan Transit Authority

Houston Matters

BCycle, Houston’s bike share program, may get a temporary reprieve

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 21, 2023 · Mayor Sylvester Turner is seeking temporary funding while METRO considers establishing its own bike share program to replace it.

Tags bcycle bicycles BikeHouston cycling Houston BCycle Joe Cutrufo Maya Ford transportation

Houston BCycle Medical Center

Transportation

Houston BCycle increasing prices, further reducing stations as METRO mulls bike-sharing future

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on April 18, 2023 · The region's mass transit provider is still considering whether to take over Houston BCycle operations and incorporate them into its services, according to METRO board chair Sanjay Ramabhadran.

Tags bike sharing Houston BCycle Houston Bike Share houston transit Houston transportion metro

Houston Matters

Opposition growing to SB 147 (Jan. 24, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 24, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: We learn about opposition to Senate Bill 147, which would prevent companies and citizens from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from purchasing land in Texas.

Tags bicycles car buying cars China houston auto show Houston BCycle Houston LGBTQ Lili Taylor metro Moody Center for the Arts politics rice university SB 147 Texas Legislature

METRO BCycle

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METRO could take over Houston’s sputtering bike-share program

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on January 20, 2023 · The Houston region's mass transit is considering whether to extend a lifeline to Houston BCycle, the decade-old bike-sharing program that has made significant inroads but encountered financial difficulties.

Tags bike sharing Houston BCycle metro Metropolitan Transit Authority multimodal infrastructure

World Naked Bike Ride-Mexico

Transportation

Prepare to see scantily clad cyclists during Houston’s World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday night

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on September 9, 2022 · The annual bike ride, in which participants are encouraged to be as "bare as you dare," protests car culture and the use of fossil fuels while advocating for increased cycling infrastructure.

Tags Houston BCycle Houston Police Department nudity Protest Super Happy Fun Land World Naked Bike Ride

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Houston bike share hopes to expand transportation options in underserved communities

Gail Delaughter

Posted on January 5, 2022 · BCycle's new board president says she'd like to see a network of neighborhood stations along with more payment options to access the system.

Tags bike share cycling Houston BCycle neighborhoods third ward

Transportation

Houston’s Bike Share Begins Rollout Of New Electric Bicycles

Gail Delaughter

Posted on November 19, 2020 · Houston BCycle says the e-bikes give riders an added boost. They're hoping the new bikes will get more people interested in bike share as Houstonians seek recreational opportunities during the pandemic.

Tags bike share cycling e-bikes electric bikes Houston BCycle

Transportation

Houston’s Bike Share Launches New Recreational Network In Northeast Harris County

Gail Delaughter

Posted on September 14, 2020 · The mini-network includes two bike share kiosks with two more on the way. The bike share nonprofit says ridership has been positive so far.

Tags Alexander Deussen Park bike share cycling Harris County Precinct 1 Houston BCycle

Transportation

Houston Bike Share Closing Some Stations Amid Coronavirus, Despite Strong Numbers

Gail Delaughter

Posted on April 5, 2020 · Houston BCycle is encouraging people to keep riding, but it's closing some of its more active stations.

Tags bike share Coronavirus COVID-19 cycling Houston BCycle recreation social distancing

Transportation

Houston’s Bike Share Says Ridership Is Breaking Records

Gail Delaughter

Posted on December 26, 2019 · BCycle said it had its best year ever in 2019 as it added stations and brought on new riders.

Tags bike share bikes cycling electric bikes Houston BCycle

Transportation

Houston’s Newest Bike Share Station Opens At Near Northside Transit Center

Gail Delaughter

Posted on September 24, 2019 · The new BCycle kiosk will serve bus and rail riders along with neighborhood residents. It will allow riders to connect to nearby bike share stations along with the bayou trails.

Tags bike share cycling Houston BCycle imelda transit

Transportation

Houston’s Bike Share Is Testing Out Electric Bikes

Gail Delaughter

Posted on July 10, 2019 · BCycle says it's hoping to bring in new riders by adding e-bikes to its fleet.

Tags bike share cycling electric bikes Houston BCycle solar

Transportation

Houston City Council Approves Major Bike Share Expansion

Gail Delaughter

Posted on August 8, 2018 · That expansion will put new bike share stations throughout the Inner Loop but one council member says that’s not enough.

Tags bike share bikes cycling Houston BCycle houston city council

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BCycle, Houston’s bike share program, may get a temporary reprieve

Michael Hagerty

Posted on September 21, 2023 · Mayor Sylvester Turner is seeking temporary funding while METRO considers establishing its own bike share program to replace it.

Tags bcycle bicycles BikeHouston cycling Houston BCycle Joe Cutrufo Maya Ford transportation

Houston BCycle Medical Center

Transportation

Houston bike share program BCycle to shut down amid financial hardships

Ashley Brown

Posted on September 18, 2023 · Its annual ridership reached 300,000 trips and was not able to keep up with the operational costs. 

Tags bcycle bike share metro

Houston BCycle Medical Center

Transportation

Houston BCycle increasing prices, further reducing stations as METRO mulls bike-sharing future

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on April 18, 2023 · The region's mass transit provider is still considering whether to take over Houston BCycle operations and incorporate them into its services, according to METRO board chair Sanjay Ramabhadran.

Tags bike sharing Houston BCycle Houston Bike Share houston transit Houston transportion metro

Houston Matters

Opposition growing to SB 147 (Jan. 24, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 24, 2023 · On Tuesday's show: We learn about opposition to Senate Bill 147, which would prevent companies and citizens from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia from purchasing land in Texas.

Tags bicycles car buying cars China houston auto show Houston BCycle Houston LGBTQ Lili Taylor metro Moody Center for the Arts politics rice university SB 147 Texas Legislature

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