Sent to you by nunok via Google Reader:
Arlington County and MetroBike are currently in the process of scaling up the area's bike share service by doubling the amount of stations, but instead of figuring it out themselves, they're asking the public where the new racks should go. In an innovative and very participatory new program, the county is receiving public comments from residents and businesses on the new station locations. Rather than simply install the new racks and then advertise the service to prospective city cyclists, an interactive map has been released that locals can use to make suggestions.
Read the rest of MetroBike Uses Crowd-Sourced Bike Share Program to Figure Out Where Stations Should Go
Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg
Post tags: alternative transportation, arlington, Arlington County, bicycle, bicycling, bike, Bike Rack, bike share, bike sharing, bike station, bikearlington, biking, crowd source, crowd sourcing, crowd-sourced, crowdsourced, crowdsourcing, green transportation, interactive bike share map, metro bike, metrobike, participatory
Things you can do from here:
- Subscribe to INHABITAT using Google Reader
- Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
No comments:
Post a Comment