The team at BikeShare.com took a trip to Anaheim last week to look at the work completed on the first installment of Bike Nation's Anaheim system. The above video goes into the pros and cons of Bike Nation's design and of bicycling in Anaheim, but overall the review is pretty positive. As Matt Christensen writes on BikeShare.com:
Our journey taught us two things: First, Anaheim is not bike-friendly and, second, Bike Nation Anaheim is in its beta stage. Despite the nascence of the program and its auto-centric setting, we found the system’s components to be relatively easy to use and comfortable.
Which is not to say the review was universally positive. For example, many of the bicycles they tried were stuck in second gear and the kiosks weren't large enough to fit all of the bicycles at their destination. But overall, they found the system easy to use and the bicycles comfortable to ride.
For more, check out the video above. Bike Nation is working on expanding the bike share system in Anaheim from 3 to 10 locations and creating systems in Tustin, Long Beach and Los Angeles.
