elperiodico.com: BCN en bici

elperiodico.com has a portal for bicing and cycling in Barcelona.

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.

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."

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.

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

La Guardia Urbana detiene a 600 barceloneses en medio año por robar bicicletas del Bicing - Qué.es

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

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This also seems to make it impossible to park them on the wrong side, which was needed for a while.