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

3DBicing, realidad aumentada para Bicing: "Con 3DBicing es posible ver por donde se encuentran situadas las paradas de Bicing, ver si hay bicis disponibles para coger y saber si hay anclajes donde poder dejarlas, todo ello sobreimpresionado en pantalla. La aplicación tiene un coste de 0.99 euros, asequible para lo que ofrece."

Friday 11 December 2009

A view from the cycle path - David Hembrow: Little known about the effect of bike share on modal splits

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