Biking in Berkeley

Posted by jwiley 30 Jan, 2009

biking in berkeley

admin
Aug 15, ‘08, 12:00 PM
a note to all those students heading back to campus this month: consider leaving the car at home. at the university of california – berkeley, the founders of green bike share are hoping their fellow classmates will do just that:   Read more…
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UCB Green Bike Share….

Posted by jwiley 30 Jan, 2009

ucb green bike share for students & faculty

Robert Raburn
Sep 13, ‘08, 2:14 PM
green bike share is set to officially launch on monday, sept. 15. you’ll soon start seeing the ucb and green bike share logo on bicycles around the campus. please drop by the green bike share site on lower sproul to meet the crew or   Read more…

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Bicycle-sharing at UC Berkeley

Posted by jwiley 30 Jan, 2009

Bicycle-sharing at UC-Berkeley

Peter Smith

Sep 24, ‘08, 4:54 AM
The East Bay Bicycle Coalition reports that UC-Berkeley has started a bike-sharing program:. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1254835768521569208. Check out the fly bikes:. Green Bike Share at UC-Berkeley. Very cool stuff.   Read more…

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Free Bike?…

Posted by jwiley 30 Jan, 2009

Free Bike? No, It’s Not Being Offered By a Creepy Guy in a Van

Mindcaster
Oct 23, ‘08, 3:44 PM
Tristan Fowler’s contribution to the progressive collaborative blog Pushback:. “How’s this for innovation? Colleges and universities are giving away free bikes so students don’t bring their carbon-spewing, planet-killing cars to campus.   Read more…

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Cal’s Green Bike Share Program

Posted by jwiley 30 Jan, 2009

Cal’s Green Bike Share Program

Eric Craypo
Nov 12, ‘08, 4:55 PM
Berkeley-bike. Tired of driving round and round looking for a parking place while you’re running late for class? Not only are you wasting gas money, but you’re increasing emissions that leave a negative footprint on our planet.   Read more…

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Green Bike Share featured on CalTV

Posted by Ben Kessler 28 Sep, 2008

CalTV’s Stephanie Lin interviews our co-founders Justin and Marcelo about the details of the program on campus.

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GBS Featured at Timberland’s Earth Keepers

Posted by Ben Kessler 18 Aug, 2008

Timberland recently released a new environmentally friendly line, boasting footwear made from recycled and organic materials. As part of a new green iniative, Timberland has launched a social networking site and blog called Earthkeepers and explain:

We believe it’s time for companies, like ours, to take a look at how the way they do business affects the environment and do something about it. Earthkeepers is one way we’re trying to do exactly that. Our goal—inspire and engage one million Earthkeepers.

Their latest blog post urges students returning to campus this month to leave their cars at home and seek alternative modes of transportation. We were very excited to find that In the post, Green Bike Share is featured as a sustainable and healthy way to get around campus.

Read the full article here: Biking in Berkeley

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GBS featured at GreenBiz.com

Posted by Ben Kessler 13 Aug, 2008

Green Bike Share was mentioned in a great piece about college bike sharing programs at GreenBiz.com. The article delves into several programs and features quotes from our co-founders Justin Wiley and Marcelo Garzo.

We are extremely excited to launch our pilot program at U.C. Berkeley this fall and are ecstatic about the bike share programs that are sprouting up all over the nation. Bicycle riding is fun, green and offers a great work out. Our program aims to offer students an inexpensive and hassle-free way to get around campus while promoting sustainability.

Read the full article here: “College Bike Share Programs Gearing Up for New School Year

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Bike Share

Posted by admin 27 Jul, 2008

Recently, “bike sharing” has been widely discussed as a sustainable transportation alternative. Bike-sharing exists in cities such as Paris, which has over 10,000 bikes at 750 stations, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Oslo, Brussels, Berlin, Copenhagen, Toronto, Seattle, Portland, and New York. Bike sharing is popping up all over the country with many cities, Universities, and businesses considering and implementing this simple solution for local sustainable transportation.   Read More >>

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