B-cycle rides up 75% from last fall with free membership and new stations
Boulder B-cycle has been Boulder’s exclusiveÌýnon-profit bike share system for almost nine years.ÌýWith 300 bikes and more thanÌý40 stations operating 24/7 in and around Boulder and main and east Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder campuses, Boulder B-cycleÌýoffers a convenient, reliable and safe alternative transportation option for everyone.
The Environmental Center has partnered with B-cycle to offer ALL Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ studentsÌýÌýbeginning in fall 2019. The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder student pass includes unlimited 30-minute trips for a whole year and has introduced more than 1,500 first-time student members to bike sharing at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ. These new riders helped trips by Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ affiliates increase by 75% from fall 2018 to fall 2019; Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ riders have taken nearlyÌý25,000 tripsÌýby Boulder B-cycle since classes began in August 2019!
B-cycleÌýinstalled three new station locations on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ main campus in 2019, expanding the number of stations serving Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ to 13 and making sure that no location at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ is more than ¼ mile (a five-minute walk) from a Boulder B-cycle station. The Rec Center location was a collaboration with Google and Ralphie’s Green Stampede where attendees at a Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Buffs game voted on the location.
The connectivity of all these Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ stations means that the average time of a bike-sharing trip between all of them is only 10Ìýminutes, making Boulder B-cycle an extremely fast way to travel from place to place. The most-utilized B-cycle stations since the start of the 2019-20 school year are all at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ: Center forÌýCommunity, Williams VillageÌýand Folsom andÌýÅ·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ,Ìýwith the most highly ridden route during this time being C4C to Williams Village.
Redistribution of B-cycles from station to station is a great way for the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder communityÌýto earnÌýPIPsÌý- Positive Impact Points.Ìý.ÌýAt the end of each month, riders have aÌýbalancing score which is the net total of all positive and negative redistribution behaviors from B-cycle trips.ÌýLearn more about PIPs at Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.