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Behind the Scenes of Bike Nation’s Deal with Los Angeles
On the morning of April 15th, Mayor Villaraigosa walked up to the press conference kicking off CicLAvia and announced that Bike Nation, a new bike share company, would invest $16 million in creating a bike share program for Los Angeles. Bike Nation would bring 4,000 bikes, 400 kiosks to communities in Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Westwood and Venice Beach. Of that $16 million, 70% is for capital (kiosks, bikes, etc…) and 30% is for bike share operations.
June 26, 2012
Bike Nation Responds: Open Data, Social Media, New Kiosks, New Bikes and More…
Last week, we asked you to write questions for Navin Narang, an executive with First Pacific Holdings, the company that owns Bike Nation. Bike Nation is the company that will bring 4,000 bikes and 400 kiosks for Los Angeles' first official bike sharing system over the next eighteen months. Barring any changes, L.A.'s collaboration with Bike Nation will be the second largest bike share system in the country, trailing only the mammoth system coming to New York this year.
April 27, 2012