Our Little Green Planet: Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program

Washington DC Bike-Sharing Program

Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Nick

Program is Getting 10x Bigger!

Washington DC’s SmartBike, the first bike-sharing program in the USA, is about to be supplanted by a much bigger and better bike-share. It will be based on Montréal’s Bixi and grow the number of bikes and stations almost ten-fold!

Bikes in Washington DC

Bike-Sharing is Awesome
SmartBike has only 120 bikes and 10 stations, but the new version of the project will have about 1,100 bikes and 114 stations all around the district and in the neighboring Arlington County.

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada. View full article here.

If you live in the Washington DC area, commuting on a bike sounds like a good idea to avoid traffic during the weekdays and even the weekends. Think about how much money you can also save and how you can reduce your carbon footprint.

Who knows, maybe one day you’ll be around K street or Logan Circle, and we may have bike rush-hour traffic like this…

If you would like to learn more about what you can do to go green, a nice energy audit will send you in the right direction. The insight you gain from it will give you plenty of ideas for a little green remodeling, so you can become part of the solution. Sign up for an energy audit through Sobuka by typing in your zipcode and selecting contractors in your area.

Tags: bike, Washington DC

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