Once ranked among America’s worst bicycling cities, Boston has cleaned up its act in recent years, becoming a safer place to bike to work, according to a Harvard Chan School study of injuries to bicycle commuters between 2009 and 2012. Read more
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Plans for a radical redesign of the Dublin Bikes rental scheme to bring it to “urban villages” such as Ballymun, Finglas,Terenure and Ballyfermot are to be drawn up by Dublin City Council. Read article
More than 2.3 million journeys have been taken on public bike schemes in Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick in the first six months of 2016, amassing an estimated distance of almost five million kilometers on the rented bicycles. Read more
Dublin Bikes subscriptions are set to be increased by 50 per cent, and a new funding strategy that could see advertising panels at the College Green plaza is to be developed, under a €100 million expansion plan for the scheme. The hugely popular bike hire service has been operating in the city since 2009. While it is currently funded though subscription charges and sponsorship, Dublin … Continue reading Dublin Bikes subscription fee set to increase by 50%
An expansion of Dublin’s on-street bicycle rental system, DublinBikes, has led to a boom in use of the system, which has now reached the 10 million trips. Three million journeys were undertaken in last nine months, Dublin City Council said today. Read article
Tongue- in-cheek article on Dublin Bikes and cobbles
11th November 2014 – The National Transport Authority has today announced further details for the Coca-Cola Zero Bikes regional scheme which will go live over the coming weeks. Galway will launch on Monday 24th November, followed by Limerick on 8th December and Cork on 18th December. The National Transport Authority is also calling on the people of Galway, Limerick and Cork to pre-register now on www.bikeshare.ie so … Continue reading The coco-cola zero bikes are coming to Galway, Cork and Limerick
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