A quick look at some of the things that make bike-sharing work (or not): Number of bike share programs worldwide: 200 Number of bike-sharing schemes earning yearly profits: 0 Number of US cities with Bike Share programs: 10 Number of bikes in Washington’s bike share program: 1,000 Number of members: 12,000 Cost of subsidization per...
A quick look at some of the things that make free public transportation work (or not): Arguably, the most successful free public transportation initiatives in the world: Hasselt, Belgium Year free public transportation was first implemented there: 1996 Cost per household to implement free transportation in Hasselt: 22.64 Euros ($32 USD) Urban bus rides per year before free...