Sunday 27 December 2009
Tuesday 22 December 2009
Complete bicing failure
Yesterday evening bicing was broken all over Barcelona again. This seems to happen a lot after a strong rain. But El Pais mentions that the reason was the failure of their computer system, which also affected their website.
This morning the problem was still apparent with a lot of the stations broken just before 9:00.
The graph from the bicingwatch statistics also shows that at least their web service was restarted this morning at 9:00, probably when the first people showed up in their office.
Tuesday 15 December 2009
3DBicing, augmented reality for bicing
Friday 11 December 2009
A view from the cycle path - David Hembrow: Little known about the effect of bike share on modal splits
Barcelona is this best example. Traffic counts show a substantial growth on some cycle routes. The BICING system takes some credit for a 26% growth in cycle usage over these routes, 46% of that growth was due to BICING. Over the whole area, the cycling share has approximately doubled.
Saturday 5 December 2009
europapress: bicing rate will stay the same in 2010
Bicing Payment of the entrance to the Zoo and public rates of Barcelona City Council - tickets to local gyms, civic and cultural centers - will be frozen in 2010, today said the first deputy mayor of Welfare and Territorial Cohesion, Carles Martí.source: europapress
Wednesday 2 December 2009
La Guardia Urbana detiene a 600 barceloneses en medio año por robar bicicletas del Bicing - Qué.es
La Guardia Urbana de Barcelona have arrested 600 people since May for stealing bicing bicycles. From the fleet of 6000 units 3300 have disappeared
bicing changes station design to make them more secure
www.btvnoticies.cat
This also seems to make it impossible to park them on the wrong side, which was needed for a while.
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Veloid, bicing application for android phones
Thursday 5 November 2009
BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - One Planet, 05/11/2009
BBC - BBC World Service Programmes - One Planet, 05/11/2009: "Also in this week's show, we meet up with Barcelona resident and One Planet listener Christof Damian. He persuades Mike to get on his bike and go for a ride - something many of us in the One Planet office have been wanting to tell Mike for a while. We also hear about cycling in Shanghai and New York. Thanks to all of you who posted your thoughts and ideas about bicycling on our Facebook page, we tried to weave as many as we could into the show."
What you don't hear: us trying three different bicing stations and about ten bikes until we find three working specimen, the mad ride down the Ramblas and annoying buskers next to the restaurant.
Bicings liberadas
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Monday 2 November 2009
El Bicing reta al vandalismo con vehículos más rígidos | El Periódico de Catalunya | Barcelona
Saturday 31 October 2009
French Ideal of Bicycle-Sharing Meets Reality - NYTimes.com
But this latest French utopia has met a prosaic reality: Many of the specially designed bikes, which cost $3,500 each, are showing up on black markets in Eastern Europe and northern Africa. Many others are being spirited away for urban joy rides, then ditched by roadsides, their wheels bent and tires stripped. With 80 percent of the initial 20,600 bicycles stolen or damaged, the program’s organizers have had to hire several hundred people just to fix them. And along with the dent in the city-subsidized budget has been a blow to the Parisian psyche.
Tuesday 27 October 2009
new map with clustering
Monday 26 October 2009
Monday 19 October 2009
Mapa de los 75 ‘bicing’ de España | ecomovilidad.net · Transporte público y movilidad urbana sostenible
Aunque en Madrid nos acaban de anunciar nuestro sistema público de alquiler de bicis, no es ni mucho menos una idea pionera. Hasta 75 ciudades de nuestro país cuentan con estos sistemas en sus calles desde hace años, tanto grandes capitales como pequeñas poblaciones que unidas en mancomunidad se organizan para llevarlos a cabo.
Wednesday 14 October 2009
bicing fail
I haven't had this for a while, but today it happened again.
I tried to use a bicycle in the morning (station #27), but the bike was broken so I placed it back into the anchor. Then the station started blinking yellow and blocked the bike. There was no functional bike left, so the station said so. When I hold my card against the reader I was told that I already had a bike.
When I arrived at work by foot I contacted bicing, I also send them photos of the bicycle and station. Even though I did so they still charged me 10.50 Euro for 4h 5m. Thank god it isn't that much, but I can understand how people are angry if it happens often.
In the end it was not my fault, but the cause of a broken bicycle and a station not working correctly. The other problem was the slow reaction time, I contacted them in the first two hours, not after four.
Maybe they should raise the yearly fee instead of introducing these hidden costs.
Friday 9 October 2009
avui.cat: Ciutat Vella llança un SOS per la inseguretat i el Bicing s’ensorra
Wednesday 7 October 2009
BBC - London - London's new hire bike unveiled
Monday 5 October 2009
New bikes
Monday 21 September 2009
Tuesday 15 September 2009
(mis)adventures in bikesharing: September 7 through September 8, 2009: Barcelona
Sunday 23 August 2009
El Bicing pincha por "el truco de la llave" · ELPAÍS.com
Saturday 4 July 2009
Bicing and the Tour de France
I still have no camera, so here is a picture from Jamfris on flickr.
And the bicycle has a flat tire - of course
Monday 22 June 2009
Bicing: Barcelona's Communal Bicycle Program Has Transformed The City (VIDEO)
Friday 5 June 2009
Bike Europe - News: Barcelona's Bicing Bike Rental Scheme Beats All Expectations
Saturday 30 May 2009
Un pirata informático proyecta una 'porno' en un puesto de préstamo de bicicletas | Castilla y León | elmundo.es
Monday 25 May 2009
Friday 22 May 2009
The Barcelona Guide » The Truth About Free Bikes in Barcelona
Monday 18 May 2009
more stations
View bicing 14.5.2009 in a larger map
- 72 - Passatge Mercader
- 406 - Terciana a continuació de la Plaça Universitat
- 411 - Rambla Catalunya, 31 ( Diputació)
- 415 - Rambla del Raval, 13
- 416 - Rambla del Raval, 20
- 412 - Pl. Urquinaona (illeta)
- 414 - Casp, 67
- 418 - Passeig de Lluís Companys
- 405 - Plaça Comercial (annexa a l'estació 10)
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Multas de hasta 700 euros por destrozar las bicis del 'Bicing' | Barcelona | elmundo.es
Thursday 7 May 2009
new bicing stations (finally)
View bicing 5.5.2009 in a larger map
- 397 - Av. Del Litoral
- 398 - Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta
- 401 - Pl. Antoni López, 4
- 402 - Passeig de Colom/Laietana s/n
- 404 - C/ Doctor Joaquim Pou, 5-9
- 407 - Ramon Trias Fargas, 19
- 409 - Joan d'Austria,50
- 419 - Passeig de Lluís Companys
- 420 - Gran Via, 361
- 421 - Plaça de Joan Peiró
- 425 - Carrer de Cervelló, 5
- 426 - Carrer de Ribes, 59b
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Bicing: Barcelona's Communal Bicycle Program Has Transformed The City (VIDEO)
Monday 4 May 2009
Friday 1 May 2009
::merkur.de (Rheinischer Merkur): 2009_18.Nie wieder radlos::
Barcelona redujo el 28% los accidentes mortales en el 2008 | El Periódico de Catalunya | Barcelona
Wednesday 29 April 2009
stations full or just broken
This a common problem and it seems to get worse recently. The station at my home seems to be a parking lot for all the broken cycles
You can also see the problem at api bicingwatch if you look at the "maybe broken" graph, which shows the difference between maximum places and free places + available bikes.
Monday 27 April 2009
Mayor Boris Johnson announces plans for London bike hire scheme | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Mayor Boris Johnson announces plans for London bike hire scheme | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced today by the mayor, Boris Johnson.
From 2010, the capital's cycle hire scheme should be open with around 6,000 bikes in central locations. Today, Transport for London (TfL) began applying for planning permission for the 400 docking stations, where people will be able to pick up and drop off bikes around central London."
Also check the Transport for London release.
Sunday 26 April 2009
Friday 24 April 2009
City bike-sharing picks up speed - CNN.com
Tuesday 21 April 2009
Friday 17 April 2009
bicing tuning
Thursday 16 April 2009
Cycling is good for you: Anna cycling in Barcelona
Saturday 4 April 2009
Tuesday 31 March 2009
Spanien: Bicing - Großer Erfolg der Öffentlichen Fahrräder in Barcelona - Fahrradportal > Aktuell > Neuigkeiten - Fahrradportal Nationaler Radverkehrsplan
Tuesday 24 March 2009
Hereu: "Bicing has already become one of Barcelona's symbols"
Sunday 22 March 2009
Cycling is good for you: BiCiNg or the cycling boom in Barcelona
Friday 20 March 2009
official iphone app
Thursday 19 March 2009
Barcelona’s Bike Sharing Program Celebrates its 2-Year Anniversary with its 186,000 Users : TreeHugger
Tuesday 3 March 2009
“El ‘bicing’ ha reducido un 30% las ventas de bicicletas” - Expansión.com
Q: What do you think the 'bicing'? A: From the social point of view is an excellent idea to remove your hat, because there are more than 120,000 users in Barcelona bike. But the authorities have ignored the commercial network at the time of launching the service. Have not been how could affect our sales and if the retailers could offer our services in place that makes a multinational. We feel very bad about the treatment we received. In addition, the service is weak and disastrous.Q: But do they have dropped the sales of bikes? A: Yes, the urban bike fell 30% in Barcelona and there are shops with problems. But I'm optimistic: I think the bicing have a positive impact in the long term.
I think the number of bicycles in Barcelona has probably increased already. At least the usage of bicycles has, because the city is much more bicycle friendly now.
Friday 27 February 2009
bicing newsletter #14 is out
- Nº d'usos registrats al servei : 965.094.
- Nº d'abonats: 184.822.
- Percentatge d'usuaris que renoven: 98,07%
- Distància recorreguda: 2,6 milions de quilòmetres.