BIKE SHARING CHANGES CITY LIFE

-> The world's great metropolises are seeing a shift in the moving patterns of their residents and businesses, prompted by forces such as mounting housing costs and startup clusters that are arising on the outskirts of the urban landscape. New modes of transit that can keep up with this rapid -- and often unpredictable -- change are crucial to sustaining cities' growth. Adding to public transportation's challenges, startups have also bred a work culture that upends the 9-to-5 workday; people are commuting to and from the office outside of normal peak hours. As more cities adopt the bike-share model as a solution to ever-evolving public transit needs, the influence of these programs are also having ripples beyond streamlining users' daily commutes. Check out several bike sharing programs' environmental and health outcomes, safety and infrastructure improvements, and plans for expansion. http://huff.to/1l6QQRD

from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.