Providence: Bike-share program still on track - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI: "The city has not given up hope of finding a corporate sponsor willing to finance a bike-share system officials have been trying to develop for the last two years.
"Bike share is alive and well," said Evan England, spokesman for Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza last week.
The company working for the city on the project is "optimistic we will reach a sponsorship agreement" to make Providence bike-share a reality, said Sheila Dormody, Elorza's director of policy in a phone interview."
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
San Antonio Bike-Share Threatens to Close Without Major Sponsor – Next City
San Antonio Bike-Share Threatens to Close Without Major Sponsor – Next City: "But modern U.S. bike-sharing has been around for less than a decade and there are plenty of kinks to still work out, especially when it comes to management and operation structure and funding. For San Antonio, Texas’ B-Cycle system, solving the funding question soon could be a matter of survival."
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Capital (One) Bikeshare: Pondering the Corporate Branding of Our Beloved Bike-Sharing Program: DCist
Capital (One) Bikeshare: Pondering the Corporate Branding of Our Beloved Bike-Sharing Program: DCist: t was big news last week when Citibank offered up $41 million to brand New York's nascent bike-sharing system. Not only will the sponsorship offer the new system much-needed operating cash, but it will also allow Citbank to paint the system's 10,000 bikes blue for five years.
In January, our own iconic Capital Bikeshare bikes became focus of similar discussions—according to the Huffington Post, D.C. officials are floating a number of sponsorship, branding and advertising opportunities to help cover the costs associated with running the popular and ever-expanding bike-sharing network. (Next stations? Near the U.S. Capitol.)
In January, our own iconic Capital Bikeshare bikes became focus of similar discussions—according to the Huffington Post, D.C. officials are floating a number of sponsorship, branding and advertising opportunities to help cover the costs associated with running the popular and ever-expanding bike-sharing network. (Next stations? Near the U.S. Capitol.)
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Capital Bikeshare: With 1 Million Rides, System May Consider Corporate Sponsorship
Capital Bikeshare: With 1 Million Rides, System May Consider Corporate Sponsorship: WASHINGTON -- Just as the city's pioneering bike-sharing program marked its one-year anniversary on Tuesday by recording its one-millionth trip, Capital Bikeshare is looking at ways to expand the system. And that may include corporate sponsorship.
The success of Capital Bikeshare, which has 1,100 red bikes and 114 docking stations in the District of Columbia and Arlington County, Va., is clear from the numbers. According to District Department of Transportation (DDOT) statistics current as of last week, the service has racked up roughly 16,000 annual members, 2,000 monthly members and 70,000 casual users -- mostly one-tim
The success of Capital Bikeshare, which has 1,100 red bikes and 114 docking stations in the District of Columbia and Arlington County, Va., is clear from the numbers. According to District Department of Transportation (DDOT) statistics current as of last week, the service has racked up roughly 16,000 annual members, 2,000 monthly members and 70,000 casual users -- mostly one-tim
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