Saturday, 27 October 2007
Links
Velo Mondial: BICING Barcelona: "Amsterdam jealous of BICING in Barcelona POSTED BY PASCAL VAN DEN NOORT"
KitziBlog - Leben und Radfahren in Mainfranken � Bicing in Barcelona - billig und einfach
Friday, 26 October 2007
This Just In - Travel guides, travel tips, and trip planning advice for popular destinations from BudgetTravel.com
This Just In - Travel guides, travel tips, and trip planning advice for popular destinations from BudgetTravel.com: "A spokesperson for Barcelona's program has confirmed that this process should work smoothly for American visitors. Weekly subscriptions are €1, or about $1.40;"I didn't realize that they do weekly subscription. And with the current wait of three and more weeks until you receive your card you have to plan well ahead.
bicicanarias.com » Blog Archive » El 10% de los usuarios del Bicing dejan en casa el vehículo privado
bicicanarias.com » Blog Archive » El 10% de los usuarios del Bicing dejan en casa el vehículo privado
Octubre 26th, 2007 by Bicicanarias Su aportación a la movilidad sostenible es modesta, pero muy emblemática. Y solo es el principio. En poco más de medio año, el Bicing ya ha logrado cambiar algunos hábitos viciosos en el tráfico de Barcelona. Así, casi un 10% de los usuarios de la bicicleta pública han renunciado al vehículo privado para estos desplazamientos urbanos, que en general suelen ser bastante cortos.
6 new stations
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- Ausiàs Marc, 122 - 128 cantonada amb Sardenya
- Cartagena, 239 bis cantonada amb Provença
- Girona, 126 cantonada amb Diagonal
- Atlàntida, 82
- Guipúscoa, 103 -105 amb Cantàbria
- Guipúscoa, 158 amb Ca n'Oliva
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
bikeradar: Paris And Barca Bike Schemes To Expand | BikeRadar.com
Paris And Barca Bike Schemes To Expand | BikeRadar.com: "Barcelona's bike rental scheme is on a roll, with plans for fifteen times as many cycles as were available on day one. The start of the congestion-busting programme saw 200 two-wheelers for hire at 14 stations across the Spanish city in March."
Tuesday, 23 October 2007
Monday, 22 October 2007
Traffic bylaw focuses on protecting pedestrians and cyclists

Barcelona will have another 28 kilometres of cycle lanes in the coming months ... "What we want to do by introducing the bylaw is guarantee road safety, for example, by preventing cyclists from going through traffic lights on red or motor vehicles from using lanes reserved for bikes," said Mr Narváez. Apart from reporting on the application of the bylaw, he announced that the Council would create another 28 kilometres of cycle lanes in the city over the next few months. Two-way cycle lanes will be introduced on stretches of a number of streets, including Comte d'Urgell, Provença, Vilamari, Bruc, Muntaner and Ribes. Police statistics During the first month the Guàrdia Urbana penalised 262 cyclists for not respecting traffic lights and 92 for riding incorrectly, for example, on pavements of less than 5 metres or with less than 3 metres free space. They also penalised 273 two- and four-wheeled vehicles parked or stopped in cycle lanes and 483 for driving in a cycle lane. ...I cut the non-bicycle bits, read the rest at the source. bicing-spotting: highest bike number=2336; new station under construction at: Carrer d'Enric Granados, 103
Friday, 19 October 2007
poqueque - Mapa de Bicing
The guy from El blog del Edi has a pdf map with all bicing station, which he updates every now and then:
poqueque - Mapa de Bicing
12 new stations 19.10.2007
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- Passeig Marítim, 31
- Plaça del Mar, 1 - 5
- Passeig de Colom, alineada a la barana Rda. Litoral, davant del núm. 5
- Pl. Joanic amb c/ Bruniquer, 59 -61
- c/ Londres, 53
- c/ Floridablanca, 31 - 33
- Pl. Jean Genet, alineada a la tanca del col·legi
- c/ Marqués d'Argentera, 1
- Pg. Salvat Papasseït, 2
- c/ Rosa Sensat davant del núm. 9 - 11
- c/ Pujades, 1
- c/ Viriat, 45
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Bicing
Bicing: "16.10.2007 RESUELTAS LAS INCIDENCIAS DE LOS �LTIMOS D�AS EN LAS ESTACIONES BICING. Finalizado el proceso de adaptaci�n del software, ya puedes continuar disfrutando del Bicing con normalidad. Se ha finalizado el proceso de adaptaci�n del software del sistema Bicing que en los �ltimos d�as ha ocasionado interrupciones moment�neas en diferentes estaciones. Lamentamos las molestias que este hecho te haya podido ocasionar."
Seems like bicing have sorted out the software problems. Lets see how many users this one can deal with.
7.5th Floor � Blog Archive � Cyclist Dynamics in Barcelona
7.5th Floor � Blog Archive � Cyclist Dynamics in Barcelona:
"Over the weekend, I collected minute-by-minute data of the usage of Bicing (community bicycle program in Barcelona) bikes. The animation of these spatio-temporal data slightly reveals the dynamics of “cyclists” hanging out at the beach on Sunday afternoon (left) and then returning downtown in the evening"
Fabien is doing statistics on bicing too. And I must say, his look much nicer.
Sunday, 14 October 2007
Spain: Bicing, bicycling and the law in Barcelona
Spain: Bicing, bicycling and the law in Barcelona
Carloz has a nice article about the new traffic laws and how they relate to bicing
Friday, 12 October 2007
Thursday, 11 October 2007
six new stations
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- Passatge Mercader, 18
- c/ Casanova, 141-149 enfront de l'estació 76
- c/ Aragó, 629
- Pl. Urquinaona, 11
- Travessera de Gràcia, 92
- c/ Indústria, 10
news from bicing
I wish they had a rss feed for their news. This was translated by google translate
09.10.2007 THE STATION OF THE C/PROVENÇA WITH THE C/ROGER OF LLÚRIA, WILL TEMPORARILY REMAIN OUT OF SERVICE.
Until next warning, the Bicing station located in c/Provença nº 322, will remain out of service due to works of electrical canalization in this point.
We communicated to you that the Bicing station of c/Provença with c/Roger of Llúria will remain out of service, due to the works of electrical canalization that are being executed in this point
05.10.2007 CHANGES IN THE SOFTWARE OF SYSTEM BICING
With the purpose of improving the service they are estan making computer science readjustments that can cause some problems in the stations.
During these days some changes are being made in the software of the Bicing system, this fact can cause that some stations are out of service sporadically. Since these problems are of short duration, we recommended to you that you wait for in the station minutes until the system recovers and can use the service.
We are working to solve these problems with the greater possible brevity. You excuse the annoyances.
04.10.2007 WE TRANSFERRED STATION NÚM. 56 OF LOCATION.
One of the two stations located in the Boulevard nº 3, is transferred to the Av. Vestibule of Sta. Madrona, 2-4.
One of the two stations located in the Boulevard nº 3, tomorrow Friday will be out of service, to make the change from location to the Av. Vestibule of Sta. Madrona, 2-4.
bicing watch
Placa Universidad was broken this morning. Black Screen. Maybe because of the rain.
bicing spotting
Highest bike number seen so far: #2081

Wednesday, 10 October 2007
bicing on "Red Sceen Of Wait"
It seems that bicing has noticed the problems with the "Red Screen Of Wait" too. Saying that the problems are usually short are a bit of an understatement though. I noticed people waiting for more than 15 minutes on a station and then giving up.
Apreciado/a usuario/a:Debido a la instalación de nuevas estaciones Bicing y con la finalidad de mejorar el servicio, se están realizando readaptaciones informáticas, hecho que puede provocar que algunas estaciones dejen de funcionar momentáneamente. Dado que estas interrupciones son de corta duración, te recomendamos que esperes en la estación unos minutos, hasta que el sistema vuelva a estar operativo y puedas utilizar el servicio.
Estamos trabajando para que esta adaptación del sistema sea lo más rápida posible y tenga la mínima incidencia en los usuarios. Disculpad las molestias.
Servicio de atención al cliente http://www.bicing.com/
Monday, 8 October 2007
stolen bicing is black


no cycling on rambla catalunya

Saturday, 6 October 2007
Friday, 5 October 2007
C/Girona 126
bicing are building a new station at C/Girona 126.
"Red Screen Of Wait" is still happening in the morning and evening.


Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
not enough phone lines

- not enough stations at the beginning
- full stations, because there are not enough vans moving them around
- empty stations for the same reason and because there are not enough bikes
we got a brand new one now. Lets call it the "Red Screen Of Wait". It usually happens at the rush hour before or after work, the stations can't build up a phone connection to the main office and you have to wait and try again and again until you get through. It is not too bad, but I hope they will work on that problem.
They plan to increase the number of stations to 200 with 3000 bicycles till end of this year, so some more investment in to the rest of the system makes sense too.
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