The dock holding the bike will beep until the bike is removed. Touch your Membership card to the square behind the silver button. Remove the bike once the locks open dock will start beeping after the bike is unlocked. Have an Annual Pass, but do not have your card: Press the kiosk button.
Follow the prompts on the touchscreen. When prompted, swipe the same credit card registered with your membership. When prompted, enter the dock number of the bike you wish to check out. Get a bike by visiting any station kiosk or downloading the BCycle App. It's the best way for anyone to get around!
How It Works. Step 1. Join Become a member online or purchase a short-term pass from the app or kiosk to use the Capital Bikeshare system. See Pricing. Step 2. Unlock Find an available bike nearby, scan the QR code in the app, get a ride code at the kiosk, or use your bike key to unlock it.
Find a bike. Step 3. If you can avoid or minimize usage fees, you could come out ahead without sacrificing the mobility and freedom that comes with having two wheels at your disposal. I admire intrepid commuters who ride their own bikes to the bus or train, hook it to the front of the transit vehicle, and then cycle from the stop to their destination, no matter the weather.
And when you get to your workplace, you probably need a lock to make sure your bike is still there at the end of the day. By contrast, bike-share programs often have hubs near major transit stops, making it easy to bike to your stop, leave the bike behind, and get on the vehicle unimpeded.
Bike sharing is also a solid alternative to a car. And bikes can go farther than gas-powered vehicles into parks and other interesting places, such as cramped historic areas where parking is difficult or impossible. It burns more calories, builds more muscle, and just generally makes you feel better. They can be top-heavy as well, which takes some getting used to. Part-year bike-shares can throw a wrench into value calculations too.
Which is the better value? Depending on local factors such as geography, topography, and climate, some bike-share systems may look better on paper than they perform in practice. Bike safety varies widely from place to place. You probably have a good sense of where your hometown falls on this spectrum and can make decisions about biking and bike sharing accordingly.
At a minimum, you should wear a helmet whenever you use a bike-share, regardless of local regulations. Though exact figures are hard to come by, bike-share systems often have many more docks than bikes. And bike-share employees frequently remove bikes from full or nearly full stations to keep some docks open. If you need to bike around searching for an open dock to return your bike to, you could accrue usage fees through no fault of your own, increasing the cost of your commute.
Depending on how extensive a program is, this limits its usefulness. One of the nicest things about my Minneapolis neighborhood is its proximity to a Nice Ride Minnesota station — one of several, actually.
Around here, the reappearance of those distinctive blue-and-green bikes is as sure a sign of spring as the first flower or whiff of fresh-cut grass. And each spring brings more bikes, stations, and users.
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