Mar 21
New Yorkers are freaking out about a Wall Street Journal story today that says Citi Bike is in trouble, "moving quickly to raise tens of millions of dollars" to save the system, which has been devastated by an unusually brutal winter.
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Feb 20
The bike share programs that have popped up in major cities around the world make for a cheap way to get around town for a few hours—unless you’re lazy. So if you find yourself suffering from "let’s just take a cab" syndrome, you might want to consider funding this clever little briefcase called the ShareRoller that adds an electric drivetrain to bike share bicycles in just ten seconds.
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Dec 31
Rob Ford, CitiBike, Bay Area tech woes, China’s crippling smog: You’ve seen all the big headlines for cities this year. But here are a few of the urbanism stories that might have flown under your radar.
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Jun 20
Adafruit smart helmet guides bike riders with Arduino-based light shows (video)
Posted in: Today's Chili
Bike sharing systems like New York’s Citi Bike may be taking off, but it’s doubtful that many participants can find every station without checking a map. Thankfully, Adafruit has unveiled a smart helmet project that could help at least a few of those riders get to their destinations while keeping their eyes on the road. The DIY effort feeds locations to an Arduino-based Flora board and its positioning add-ons, which in turn use a string of NeoPixel LEDs on the helmet as turn indicators. Commuters just have to watch for blinking lights to know where to go next. While the system isn’t easy to set up when cyclists have to manually enter coordinates, it is flexible: the open-source code lets it adapt to most any bike sharing system or headpiece. As long as you can get over looking like a Christmas tree on wheels while you navigate, you can build a smart helmet of your own using the instructions at the source link.
Filed under: GPS, Transportation, Alt
Source: Adafruit
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