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BIKESHARE FOR ALL GINA KENNY B known, bikeshare program with adaptive bikes is at Ohio State University, which started their bikeshare last fall. "Adaptive bikes have been part of the bicycle fleet since the bikeshare program began," said Nicole Holman, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications at OSU. "We felt that everyone should have the opportunity to use the bikeshare program on campus." OSU's program has 115 bikes, with a total of 15 alternative bikes, including BRUCE KIMBALL ikeshare programs are intended to encourage more people to ride, a goal all of us would likely agree with. As bikeshare programs gain more traction, there is increasing talk on how to make them more inclusive. Discussions of increasing diversity in bikeshare have focused on race, gender and socioeconomic background. But, so far, there has been very little discussion on making bikeshare programs more accessible to those with physical disabilities. Carmel Bike Share, Carmel Indiana The vast majority of bicycles used in bikeshare programs are two-wheeled cruiser bikes, such as those used by Citi Bike, Divvy and others. Recently, bikeshare programs are originating with alternative and adaptive bikes as part of their fleets. The largest, and perhaps most well- trikes, handcycles and side-by-side bikes. The most popular of the alternative bikes are the side-by-side bikes, which could be "used by a blind or visually impaired rider who wants to go for a bike ride with a friend or by riders who wish to cycle next to each other on the same bike," Holman says. "There have been over 600 rides on these five side-by-side bicycles, or about 125 rides per bike, since the program began." OSU was not the first to decide to have bikes besides the typical two-wheeled cruisers in a bikeshare program. Carmel, IN, launched a bikeshare program in April 2015, with regular cruiser bikes but also trikes. "When we started our discussions of bikeshare, we wanted to include tricycles with those first two stations so people of all abilities could enjoy our program," said David Littlejohn, Alternative Transportation Coordinator for Carmel. Carmel now has a total of eight tricycles as part of the bike fleet. The community has found that the trikes are popular with "a wide array of people;" in particular, the community's senior population as well as "people who may not necessarily be in great shape but want to get out," Littlejohn said. One reason so few large bikeshare programs are offering adaptive bikes is that the majority of the programs have stations where the bikes are docked. A trike or adaptive bike would need a differentsized station. The majority of the bikeshare programs with trikes or adaptive bikes are using Zagster, a Cambridge, MA, Company that provides bikes, technology and other services for bikeshare programs. One thing that makes adding alternative bikes to Zagster's bikeshare fleets easier is that docking stations are not used, Communications Manager Jon Terbush said. Scarcity of bikeshare providers that have trikes and adaptive bikes in their fleets is a larger issue. B-Cycle, in Boulder, did an internal pilot of a trike in late 2014. Staff, however, felt the trike they used was somewhat unstable and gave them a feeling that it would be "prone to BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA 21 https://ttm.osu.edu/bikeshare https://ttm.osu.edu/bikeshare http://carmel.in.gov/index.aspx?page=514 http://carmel.in.gov/index.aspx?page=514 http://www.zagster.com/ https://www.citibikenyc.com/ https://www.citibikenyc.com/ https://www.divvybikes.com/

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016

Viewpoint
Spotlight: Bike Shops that are Bicycle Friendly
Sweet Rollin': New Bicycle Friendly Bakeries!
Moscow International Cycling Conference
QBP Grows with its Employees
How To Do A Successful Bike Light Giveaway
A Visit to Davis, California
Bikeshare for All
Double Platinum: How the Boise Bicycle Project Made It To the Top
In Memoriam
Chicago Ride of Silence
Transportation Secretaries Support Bicycling
Dero: Strong Bike Culture is a Core Value of a Bicycle Friendly Business
Inspirations from the National Bike Summit
Summit Recap/Media Mentions
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Intro
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Cover1
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Cover2
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 1
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Viewpoint
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 3
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 4
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Spotlight: Bike Shops that are Bicycle Friendly
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 6
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 7
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Sweet Rollin': New Bicycle Friendly Bakeries!
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 9
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 10
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Moscow International Cycling Conference
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 12
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 13
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - QBP Grows with its Employees
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 15
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 16
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - How To Do A Successful Bike Light Giveaway
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 18
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - A Visit to Davis, California
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 20
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Bikeshare for All
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 22
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Double Platinum: How the Boise Bicycle Project Made It To the Top
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 24
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 25
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - In Memoriam
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Chicago Ride of Silence
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Transportation Secretaries Support Bicycling
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 29
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Dero: Strong Bike Culture is a Core Value of a Bicycle Friendly Business
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 31
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Inspirations from the National Bike Summit
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 33
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 34
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - 35
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Summit Recap/Media Mentions
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Cover3
Bicycle Friendly America Fall 2016 - Cover4
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