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MoGo (bike Share)
MoGo is a public Bicycle-sharing system, bicycle-sharing system in Detroit. In operation since 2017, MoGo is owned by a nonprofit organization of the same name, headquartered at One Campus Martius in downtown Detroit. History Planning began in 2012 to establish a bicycle-sharing system in Detroit, headed by Lisa Nuskowski, the eventual founder of Detroit Bike Share. The system, eventually named MoGo, commenced operations on May 23, 2017, with a ceremonial ride in which cyclists rode the system's 300 original bicycles from a central location to their assigned docking stations across the city. The system's ridership exceeded expectations, logging 100,000 rides within its first six months of operation. To better serve riders with disabilities, MoGo piloted the MoGo Adaptive cycling program in May 2018. The six-month pilot program was successful, and has been offered every summer since. Later, in 2019, MoGo introduced 50 rentable Class I electric bicycles, dubbed MoGo Boost, availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicycle Sharing System
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include both docking and dockless systems, where docking systems allow users to rent a bike from a dock, i.e., a technology-enabled bicycle rack and return at another node or dock within the system – and dockless systems, which offer a node-free system relying on smart technology. In either format, systems may incorporate smartphone web mapping to locate available bikes and docks. In July 2020, Google Maps began including bike share systems in its route recommendations. With its antecedents in grassroots mid-1960s efforts; by 2022, approximately 3,000 cities worldwide offer bike-sharing systems, e.g., Dubai, New York, Paris, Mexico City, Montreal and Barcelona. History The first bike sharing projects were initiated by various sources, such a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
