As cities re-open from the COVID-19 pandemic, urban planners and designers are considering how to make urban and transport infrastructure more resilient. A recent study from WRI China found that dockless bike-share systems can be an excellent and sustainable last-mile urban mobility solution.
Blog Posts: bike sharing
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by , and - Bangladesh, Colombia and the Philippines show how countries can start adapting to climate change now.
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by , and - Looking at four studies of scooter safety, it's clear that one factor outside riders' control needs to be studied more: road design.
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by and - Introduced in a basic form in the 1960s, bike-sharing services are now seemingly ubiquitous in many major cities. The propagation of “dockless” systems, shared bicycles that can be parked nearly anywhere, has led to unprecedented growth, increasing the number of publicly accessible bikes from 1.2 million worldwide in 2015 to more than 16 million in China alone...
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by - From sustainable fashion to "micromobility," seven stories playing out in 2019 will influence the future of environment and international development.
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by - More than a million bike-share bikes crowd some Chinese cities, piling up in public spaces, blocking sidewalks and tripping pedestrians. But the chaos may soon be coming to an end.
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by , and - The Seeds for Change project in Gurugram, India recently reclaimed four car parking spots to make space for 40 bicycles. Cities around the world are using similar strategies to shift people from cars to cleaner transport.
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by - A new video from EMBARQ shows the success of Washington's bike sharing program, SmartBike DC.