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Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share wins 10,000 bike New York City contract

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 14th, 2011 at 10:09 am
Promo photo from New York City Bike Share website.

Local staff of Southeast Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share are celebrating a huge victory this morning. New York City has formally announced that they've selected the company as the vendor for their massive 10,000 bike, 600 station New York City Bike Share system.

Officials estimate that bike share in New York City will lead to 27.5 million new bicycle trips every year.

New York City's system will dwarf Capital Bikeshare in Washington D.C. (also run by Alta Bicycle Share), which is currently the largest system in America with about 1,100 bicycles and 114 stations (Portland's plan is to have about 740 bikes and 74 stations). Bike share in New York City is expected to be similar to D.C.'s system because they'll use the same "Bixi" bikes (from Montreal) and the same vendor.

More: http://bikeportland.org/2011/09/14/portland-based-alta-bicycle-share-wins-10000-bike-new-york-city-contract-58987

Official NYC Bike Share Site: http://www.nycitybikeshare.com