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MIT TECH BIKES INFO SESSION 2/6/06

MIT TECH BIKES INFO SESSION 2/6/06. Where We’re Going. Automated bike checkout system Web-interfaced Several hubs on campus. The case for Bikeshare. Promotes sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation.

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MIT TECH BIKES INFO SESSION 2/6/06

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  1. MIT TECHBIKES INFO SESSION 2/6/06

  2. Where We’re Going • Automated bike checkout system • Web-interfaced • Several hubs on campus

  3. The case for Bikeshare Promotes sustainable and environmentally friendly transportation Allows for more mobility and encourages exercise that requires no significant lifestyle changes A lot of people can’t afford to own a bike, don’t ride frequently enough to own one, or

  4. THE MIT CAMPUS • On Campus Destinations: • East End dormitories • West End dormitories • Kendall Square • Sloan School • Z-Center • Parking lots • Distant laboratories and offices 161 sprawling acres

  5. MIT Off Campus • Off campus Destinations: • Central Square • Harvard Square • Newbury Street • Fenway • Haymarket • Downtown Crossing • Esplanade • FSILGs • Apartments

  6. Bikeshare’s History First Generation Location: Amsterdam, Milan 1960s; Portland, Minneapolis, Boulder, Princeton 1990s Plan: Set out free bikes for community use Conclusion: Plagued by theft and vandalism because no reliability or user accountability “We’ll usually set several hundred recycled bikes in early summer. By the end, there are almost none left.” Portland, Oregon Bike Share, 1990s

  7. Bikeshare’s History Second Generation Location: Copenhagen, 1990s Plan: Locate bikes at specially-placed hubs with coin-operated lock mechanisms, make theft unattractive by painting bikes an obvious color, use non-standard bike parts. Conclusion: Subject to significant theft due to limited accountability from coin-deposit

  8. Bikeshare’s History Third Generation Location: Annapolis, Arlington, Alexandria, 2000 Plan: Locate bikes at specially-placed hubs based on ID-card swipe system Conclusion: First generation to incorporate personal information to ensure user accountability I’m impressed with Yellow Bikes in Austin. I’d love to see a similar program here. Student, Political Science

  9. Where we’ve been • EC Techbikes • Meetings with admins • MIT facilities • Edgerton Center • UA Finboard appeals pending • bikes available for rent stored in the basement • interested students register, receive short safety talk, sign a waiver • EC desk has keys to the bikes, rents them out and takes an ID as collateral We have an office! 50-024!

  10. HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH TECHBIKES We can use… • People experienced with swipe card technologies and implementation • Anyone who is good at securing funding • A publicity manager • Anyone with an interest in reducing pollution and congestion in Cambridge and beyond • Bike mechanics, or anyone interested in learning about bike repair • People interested in designing web applications, interfacing our system with the web • People to rent our bikes

  11. HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH TECHBIKES Modes of assistance: • AUP project • Need a thesis project? • Know of a professor that would be interested? • Join the techbikes mailing list • Come to meetings • Want to arrange a UROP?

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