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A reply in a new thread on the issue of Capital Bikeshare capacity on the National Mall (see second post):
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Some further overflow thoughts:

There are those who might be swayed by the "more dock-capacity needed" argument, but who may insist that six stations on the National Mall is sufficient. (Six...

On the topic of Capital Bikeshare stations on the DC National Mall, something I've wanted to write about for a long time but finally get motivation to do today.

Right now there are six stations on...

Thanks --- Interesting to see their pilot program is ongoing right now and through Memorial Day weekend 2021.

I clicked the map to see where their dockless e-bike and e-scooter parking zones are....

That is good to hear.

I am positive that CaBi planners have thought of all this, but I just wanted to put some thoughts to digital paper here:

It would seem to me that demand on the stations...

I think that whenever I've cruised past the Roosevelt Island CaBi station, which is not often, there have been non-CaBi dockless ebikes and e-scooters there at the station (and usually nowhere else)....

That is good to know/hear.

I imagine the government authority which controls a given space might be the main reason "Capital Bikeshare this way" signs might go up or not in cases they might help....

From what I understand about airport planning, they'll run experiments where people unfamiliar with the airport are plopped down somewhere and given destinations without instructions and see how well...

That is great news.



The East Falls Church station move (in 2019?) was a good one. The old location across the street next to the highway entrance was not particularly useful to anyone for...

Do you mean bike valet for normal bikes or the old Capital Bikeshare Nationals Park corral?

It seems there are several new stations in the Nationals Park area since last season. From my count...

Yesterday evening, Roosevelt Island Capital Bikeshare station looked like this:

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If the resolution of these pictures doesn't work for you, I'll explain what you're seeing:
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I've often had the same idea. The thirty-minute window seems to me a legacy of the (system of the) early 2010s and hasn't made sense for years now. It's entirely a nuisance and doesn't reflect how...

Follow-up: The Courthouse [Arlington] Capital Biksehare station, as best I can tell, was down for up to 48 hours in this outage. All Saturday and Sunday, April 10 & 11. Then it was back as normal by...

Henry, thanks. The "graying out" I remember being effectively used for events like the Marine Corps marathon shutting down stations on the route for a period of 24 or 36 hours. I get the feeling it...

Is anyone in the decision-making apparatus championing a more vigorous funding for expansion of the Capital Bikeshare network in Arlington?

Bikeshare is key to "building out the bike network for...

Another piece of good news from Capital Bikeshare. It looks like good things are happening in 2021:

The "base time" you can use a classic bike, before being charged any fees, is increasing to 45...

What do people think of the Stolen CaBi Bike issue?

You can easily find cases, generally in DC, of likely cases of stolen bikes, people hanging around with apparently stolen CaBi bikes. It's easy...

Sometimes, when you hear of a cyclist death, the location is a surprise -- but more often not at all a surprise. This one is the latter. That area is one of the more dangerous in DC to be navigating...

The CaBi station "Court House Metro / 15th St & N Uhle St" disappeared yesterday from the app map. Vanished. What's going on?

Yesterday evening, I went over to investigate after noticing the...

It's about time!

Am glad to see the airport station finally up. A much more important station, in principle, than many of the other new ones.


Bikeshare is a great resource. I sing its praises...

Last week, CaBi got rid of the app that was in use for the past three years or so (I think the first official app was released some time in 2016, but the one that lasted to Feb. 2020 was introduced...

I would echo your experience there, scoot. Same experience. I have done a lot of Bike Angeling and I don't think the problem Relwal Noj reports was related to Bike Angels, not in my experience.
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(I am writing this as a long-time Capital Bikeshare member and regular Bike Angel points-earner.)

On Tuesday Feb. 25, 2020, came the surprise announcement that the Bike Angels program in Capital...

How do bells end up getting knocked off so often?

Okay, here are some further thoughts on what I see as the negatives to CaBi potentially moving to a partly-dockless-oriented model. Even if it is definitely wrong that they are moving this way for...