Smart Bike

Congestion, pollution, obesity: some American colleges feel these problems are important enough to warrant some out-of-the-box solutions. One of those solutions is paying students to ride their bikes instead of driving. Stanford spiffs employees and students who agree to give up car commuting up...

Following the example set by several European cities, Washington D.C. has launched a Smart Bike program with an American twist. The program, operated by JCDecaux, which operates a similar program in Paris with a fleet of 10,000 bikes, is a combined effort of the city's Department of Transportation...