WaHOOO!!! Fargo’s sprinted past Rochester NY to #1 in the national online B-Cycle race! 199,922 votes, over 90,000 in less than a day! Thanks to all the Fargo Super Team for leading the way in this B-Cycle competition for them to choose to bring their bike share demonstration team here to check it out!  I invited them in early June and ‘ll be talking to the B-Cycle site team demonstration coordinator today to see if we can arrange a visit here this summer, racing into 1st place in a week should help.  Stay tuned!
Fargo’s now flown by over 299 cities rocketed by Rochester NY into 1st place in the nation. What’s B-Cycle about?  Here’s a neat article about the San Antonio B-Cycle bike share system:
No wonder some call him “The Jared of B-cycle.â€
In only three months, Phillip Schrank has logged more than 750 miles using San Antonio’s bike-share program, shedding about 45 pounds. He’s B-cycle’s No. 1 user and — like the Subway spokesman he’s been compared to — a natural booster.
“I call myself the ‘spokes-person,’†Schrank jokes.
Since the downtown bike share launched this spring, B-cycle users have logged more than 32,400 miles. Some, like Schrank, ride for health reasons, others use the bikes for transportation or just for fun. Many are also enjoying a burgeoning sense of community among riders.
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So we’re shooting for a B-Cycle system demonstration here, thanks to Fargo’s Super team that assembled and is cranking fast past the competition.  Great work and great news Mr. Fantastic (aka Pete Trelstad) Wonder Woman Susie Ekberg Risher, Superman Jack Sunday, Green Lantern John Jorgensen, The Flash Barry Nelson, Iron Man Frode Tilden, and all you Fargo Superheroes!  Poor Rochester didn’t know what hit em.
You can help keep the lead by going to this link and simply entering your Fargo area zip code:Â http://bcycle.com/whowantsitmore.aspx
Wonder Woman a.k.a. Susie Ekberg Risher
Iron Man a.k.a. Frode Tilden
Mr. Fantastic a.k.a Pete Trelstad
Green Lantern a.k.a John Jorgensen
Superman a.k.a Jack Sunday
The Flash a.k.a. Barry Nelson
Keep on clicking you bicyclists! Fargo’s B-Cycle bike share interest ranking has just pedaled and clicked into 3rd place!!  Our goal was to pass Las Vegas (Currently #10) to be in the top 10 by the 4th of July, and we did that on July 1st,  now we have #2 Cleveland in our sights.  Then watch out #1 Rochester New York, Fargo’s catching up!
Keep putting in your zip code and spreading the word if you’d like to see B-Cycle bike share program in our area.
Visit the B-Cycle bike ride share site and enter your zip code here
I’ve invited B-Cycle to have them send their ride share system demonstration team to Fargo but they have a ton of requests and haven’t committed yet.  It would be great if they could come over the upcoming Street Fair.
They’ve been invited, now it’s up to us to prove we have enough interest for bike share.
Many of the comments at Fargo’s public outreach and input at the GO2030 townhall mindmixer online and opening session are centered around a more active community with more walking, biking, and transit opportunities.  This might be a good fit?
Denver was the first site for this private, non-profit, bike sharing program. Â Now Minneapolis has the most bikes and stations in the country. Â Other cities with four seasons such as Madison Wisconsin, and Des Moines, Iowa also have the bike share system in place. Â The do shut down in the winter, even in Denver.
The stations are solar powered and use a membership card system to access a bike.  It’s not meant as a bike rental system, it’s programmed to help folks get from place to place and dock it when you arrive.
Keep putting in your zip code and spreading the word if you’d like to see B-Cycle bike share program in our area.
Visit the B-Cycle bike ride share site and enter your zip code here
Fargo moved up from last to 114th yesterday and up to 53rd in the nation in just 2 days! Watch out Las Vegas we’re working to knock you out of the top 10 by the end of the week!
