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Boulder B-cycle Returns March 16

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The Denver B-cycle Launch that took place March 12th.


Boulder B-cycle Returns March 16

BOULDER, CO (March 5, 2012) - Bike sharing returns to the streets of Boulder, March 16, when Boulder B-cycle re-opens for the 2012 season. Initial re-launch will include 120 bikes spread between 15 strategically located stations in Boulder's downtown business corridor.

Later this spring, four new stations - at North Boulder Recreation Center, Broadway and University, Wilderness Place in front of Boulder Beer, and Whole Foods on 28th and Pearl - will also come on-line. Details on installation dates and events celebrating these new stations will be released soon.

"Our first year was a tremendous success. Now, we're looking to build on that momentum with four new stations and some great member-benefit programs," said Boulder B-cycle executive director Elizabeth Train. "Thanks to amazing support from the community, bike sharing will continue to grow and thrive in Boulder this season."

B-cycle pushing to get major expansion

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From 13th and Spruce Bcycle Install

From the Daily Camera

A large contingent of local, state and federal officials are pushing the U.S. Department of Transportation to grant Boulder's application for about a half-million dollars to greatly expand the city's bike sharing program.

The city has applied for the money through the federal Transportation Community and System Preservation grant. The application requests $440,000, but a required 20-percent local match in private and in-kind investments would bring the total value of the grant to about $550,000.

The money would be used to grow the Boulder B-cycle bike-sharing program by 10 stations -- adding about 50 percent new capacity to the system that launched last spring with 100 red bikes and computerized kiosks.

Meet Kevin Lynch - Mr. B-cycle for 2011

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Kevin Lynch, Mr. B-cycle

For many commuting by bike about 1000 miles can be a struggle to hit and that is why Kevin Lynch has been selected as the "Mr Bcycle because he has logged 1,608 miles of B-cycle usage miles! Learn more about Mr. Lynch's tale of how he came to collect so many B-cycle miles this year

Mr. B-cycle’s tips:

Two New B-Stations Will Link to Transit

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BOULDER, CO (September 26, 2011) -- Boulder B-cycle, our community's nonprofit bike-share system, is pleased to announce the addition of two more B-stations.

On Thursday, September 29, the group will install stations at 6th & Canyon, near the Boulder County Justice Center, and RTD's hub at 14th & Walnut, for a total of 15 bike-share stations in Boulder.



Bcycle records their 10,000th ride!

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From 13th and Spruce Bcycle Install

Not only has Boulder Bcycle recorded their 10,000th ride, they have also received 888 annual memberships and as for making a difference they have burned more than 2.5 million calories and, by riding instead of driving, they've saved about 61,400 pounds of carbon from entering the atmosphere.

Now Boulder riders will have more ways to ride those pretty red bikes around town with new station installations

New B-Station Will Provide Greater East Boulder Access

Cycling stats from Boulder Bcycle and Denver Bcycle

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From 13th and Spruce Bcycle Install

Highlights from Boulder Bcycle
Here are some program stats from our launch on May 20th through August 1st:

• 9,046 trips
• 869 annual members
• 3,103 24-hour users

These B-cyclists have ridden an estimated 16,000 miles, burned more than 2 million calories, and saved more than 47,000 pounds of carbon from entering the atmosphere!

Our most popular station, by far, is the one at 15th and Pearl, followed by the one at 11th and Pearl, so downtown locations are really buzzing. We're installing two more stations—one at Whole Foods on 28th & Pearl and the other at the Village Shopping Center (by Zolo)—this month and another three stations this fall.

Highlights from Denver Bcycle as reported in the Life on the Hill newspaper.

Unique Program Turns Ads Into Art - On Bikes!

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BOULDER, CO (June 20, 2011) - What happens when you transform advertising space into art? It's a question few have asked and even fewer have answered.

But this Wednesday, in conjunction with Colorado's Bike To Work Day, the Boulder B-cycle bike-sharing program will find out when the Ads2Art project rolls out 50 bikes sporting art on the basket-panel space normally reserved for adverting.

This unique project, which will touch half of Boulder B-cycle's 100-bike launch fleet, is the brainchild of Alex and Ana Bogusky, who made a generous $50,000 sponsorship donation to secure B-cycle basket space, then put out a call for submissions from local artists.

Next came a gallery showing and auction at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, which both raised money for the nonprofit bike-share program and helped determine which pieces of art would receive the distinct honor of being part of Boulder's streetscape for one year.

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