Bike
is
just starting to really catch on in the U.S., but it’s huge all over the world. These maps show the systems in cities
from Moscow to Rio. The growth of
is phenomenal. At last count, there were at least 500 schemes worldwide,
from the largest (Paris, with 18,380 bikes), to many small schemes (for example, Civitavecchia, a town outside Rome, has
just 40 bikes). More schemes are coming online all the time. Chicago, for example, launched its bike-share, called Divvy, this month. To get a dynamic sense bike-sharing around the world, take at a look at this tool
from Oliver O’Brien, a university researcher
from London. O’Brien has collected live data
from 100 schemes, including most of the biggest ones. In the "global view", you can see which initiatives are most in use at any time. Then, you can zero in on a particular city and get a a dock-by-dock snapshot. Using an animation feature, you can also relive the last 24 hours of activity, and speed up and slow down the frames as you like.Read Full Story