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Nice Ride Minnesota

Nice Ride Minnesota was a seasonally operated nonprofit bicycle sharing system in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota based on the BIXI brand created by Public Bike System Company and first used in Montreal. Launched on June 10, 2010, it served over 10,000 trips in its first month and reached 100,817 rides in the first season of operation.[1][2] The bicycles in the system are manufactured by Cycles Devinci. They are painted fluorescent green and include a cargo carrier and headlights. They receive daily maintenance, and are redistributed throughout the system via truck.[3]

Nice Ride Minnesota
Bikes at a Nice Ride MN station
Overview
OwnerCity of Minneapolis
LocaleMinneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota
Transit typeBicycle sharing system
Number of stations190
WebsiteNiceRideMN.com
Operation
Began operationJune 10, 2010
Ended operationNovember 13, 2022
Operator(s)Lyft
Number of vehicles1,700

As of 2011, the system offered 1,700 bicycles for rent at 190 kiosks in both Minneapolis and St. Paul.[4] The solar-powered kiosks are distributed throughout much of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Bike availability can be checked in real-time via smartphone or an online map. In the long term, the network is intended to cover most of Minneapolis and St. Paul.[3] Nice Ride operates from the first week of April through the first week of November. The bikes and stations are removed during the winter in order to protect them from damage (particularly corrosion from road salt) and make way for snow plows.[5]

The system did not reopen after the end of the 2022 season, as Blue Cross Blue Shield, the main sponsor, announced it would not renew its sponsorship contract.[6]

Memberships and fees

There are two ways to use the Nice Ride system, as a passholder or a member. Passes are available for 24 hours or 30 days and memberships include 30-day and 1-year options. Memberships must be purchased or redeemed through the Nice Ride website, while passes can be purchased by credit or debit card at individual station kiosks for $6 (24 hours) or $18 (30 days). Members receive an RFID "key" which is inserted into a slot on the bike dock to unlock a bike. Using a key to unlock a bike only takes a few seconds, while the process of purchasing a 24-hour or 30-day pass and getting subsequent rentals requires more user interaction with the kiosk.[7]

There is no limit to the number of trips allowed during a pass or membership period. For passholders, there is no additional charge for the first 30 minutes of each trip. Alternately, members get a full 60 minutes between stations with no additional charge. However, trip fees can rack up quickly—particularly after 90 minutes without redocking the bike—reaching up to a daily limit of $65 after 7 hours of use (in addition to any pass or membership fee).[7] This fee structure is designed to encourage short trips, keep bikes available, and push customers desiring multi-hour trips to use for-profit rental businesses rather than the subsidized bike-share service. Only about 2% of trips incur any fees.

In the 2010 and 2011 seasons, Nice Ride placed an authorization hold on the credit or debit accounts of 24-hour subscribers per bicycle rented (24-hour subscribers can rent two bikes per credit/debit card at a time).[8] The holds were initially set at $250 when system was launched in 2010, which caused problems for some customers—particularly those who had used debit cards, where it was possible cause an account overdraft.[9] Prior to the system's launch, there was a concern that a large percentage of the bicycles would be stolen—especially in light of the Vélib' system in Paris, France, which had a theft rate of more than 50% in its first 18 months,[10] and previous experience with theft and vandalism of free bikes provided by the Yellow Bike Coalition in Saint Paul a decade earlier.[11] However, those worries proved to be unfounded with the new Bixi-based system—only one bike was counted as stolen in the 2010 season, and no bikes were lost or stolen in 2011. The authorization holds were reduced to $50 a few months after the June 2010 opening and were removed entirely for 2012.[12]

System rollout and expansion

The Nice Ride system was first put in place in areas near downtown Minneapolis and has been expanded in multiple phases. The system expanded into western areas of neighboring Saint Paul in summer 2011 and had its first stations deployed in downtown Saint Paul in June 2012, bringing the total number of bikes to 1,328 and stations to 146.[13][14] In May 2013, the system were further expended with the installation of 24 additional stations, mostly located in southern Minneapolis or along the Mississippi River,[15] raising the total number of bikes to 1,550 and the total number of stations to 170.[16]

Nice Ride was criticized by residents in North Minneapolis, an economically disadvantaged part of the city, when the initial deployment of bikes in June 2010 was focused around downtown Minneapolis and areas south of downtown (which tend to be more densely populated than the city's north side). It took until the second phase of deployment in 2010 for the neighborhood to get stations.[17] The first stations in North Minneapolis appeared along Broadway and at Summit Academy and International Market Square.[18]

Startup funding for this program was $3.2 million; major contributors included Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the City of Minneapolis, and a federal transportation grant from the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program.

Ridership

Year Date opened Date closed Days in operation Ridership Ridership per day Stations
2010 June 10 November 7[1] 150 100,817[1][2] 672[19] 65[19]
2011 April 8[20] November 6[21] 212 217,530[22] 1,026[19] 116[19]
2012 April 2[23] November 4[24] 216 274,045[25][26] 1,269[19] 145[19]
2013 Before April 10[27] November 3[28] 207 305,000[29] 1,473 170[29]
2014 April 11 November 2 205 409,000[30] 1,995 170[31]
2015 April 1 November 1 214 483,223[32] 2,258 190[33]
2016 April 4[34] November 6[35] 216 432,284[36] 2,001 198[31]
2017 April 3[36] November 5[37] 216 460,718[38] 2,133 201[39]

Technology

The platform behind the bike share system is created by 8D Technologies, who also supply the server technology for BIXI Montréal, Citi Bike in New York City, Santander Cycles in London, Capital Bikeshare in Washington DC, and others.

Future Plans

On January 16, 2018, Nice Ride Minnesota announced[40] that it had chosen Motivate's proposal for transition of the Twin Cities’ bike share system.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Mitch Vars (November 9, 2010). "2010 Season Comes to a Close with Over 100,000 Rides". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Andre Eggert (November 10, 2010). "Nice Ride program tops first-year goals". Minnesota Daily. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Danielle Nordine (June 9, 2010). "Minneapolis to launch bike-share system". Minnesota Daily. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  4. ^ Goodyear, Sarah (2 August 2011). "Bikeshare makes for a Nice Ride in Minneapolis". Grist. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Nice Ride 2011 season ends November 6". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  6. ^ Cassel, Em (2023-03-01). "There Will Be No Nice Ride Program This Year—and Likely Ever Again". Racket. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  7. ^ a b "How it Works". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  8. ^ . Nice Ride MN. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  9. ^ Tom Held (July 1, 2010). "A glitch in the system: Minneapolis bike share creating cash flow problems". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  10. ^ "Thefts puncture Paris bike scheme". BBC News. February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  11. ^ "Yellow Bike Program Keeps Pedaling Away". St. Paul Pioneer Press. September 16, 1995. p. 1B. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
  12. ^ "Nice Ride Now Open". Cycle Twin Cities. April 3, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  13. ^ Bill Dossett (March 21, 2012). "2012 Nice Ride Season Begins 1st Week of April". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  14. ^ . Nice Ride MN. Archived from the original on 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  15. ^ Google (July 10, 2013). "Nice Ride Planned 2013 Expansion Locations" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  16. ^ "Nice Ride Minnesota Adds 24 More Stations". CBS Minnesota. May 28, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  17. ^ Brandt Williams (June 23, 2010). "North Mpls. cyclists feel left out of bike sharing program". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  18. ^ Hart Van Denburg (June 25, 2010). "The Blotter: North Minneapolis may see some Nice Ride action". City Pages. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  19. ^ a b c d e f Jessica Schoner (December 21, 2012). "2012 Best Trend (Hint: It's not the Apocalypse)". Streets.MN. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  20. ^ Mitch Vars (April 9, 2012). "2011 Season Kicks Off with a Few Issues". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  21. ^ Mitch Vars (October 27, 2011). "Nice Ride 2011 season ends November 6". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  22. ^ Ross Abbey (November 16, 2011). "Minnesota bike-sharing system records a winning season". Fresh Energy. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  23. ^ "Drum roll please..." Twitter / Nice Ride Minnesota. April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  24. ^ "Today is the last day..." November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  25. ^ "274,045 - thanks everyone, see you in April!". Twitter / Nice Ride Minnesota. November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
  26. ^ Brandt Williams. "Record year for Nice Ride bike share". Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  27. ^ "Notice of system shutdown due to weather".. Note the system was partially shut down several days in April 2013 and these days were not taken off of the count of active days.
  28. ^ "Nice Ride 2013 Season ends November 3rd". Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  29. ^ a b "Nice Ride Minnesota: Ambitious plans set for 2014 season". Star Tribune. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  30. ^ "Nice Ride Minnesota pedals to a banner year, weighs winter cycling". Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  31. ^ a b 2015-16 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Nice Ride Minnesota. p. 25. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  32. ^ "Official Tally: 483,223 trips in 2015, up from 408,485 in 2014". Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  33. ^ "Adding 20 New Stations to The Nice Ride System". Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  34. ^ "Nice Ride launches 2016 season with renewed support from title sponsor". Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Center for Prevention. March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  35. ^ Mitch Vars (October 26, 2016). "Last Day of Season - Sunday Nov 6th". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  36. ^ a b Tim Harlow (March 28, 2017). "Nice Ride Minnesota headed for Monday opening". Star Tribune. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  37. ^ Mitch Vars (October 23, 2017). "Last Day of Season - Sunday Nov 5th". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  38. ^ "System Data". Nice Ride Minnesota. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  39. ^ Bill Dossett (August 28, 2017). "Request for Proposals for Transition of Twin Cities Bike Sharing System". Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  40. ^ . www.niceridemn.org. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10.

External links

  • Official website

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Nice Ride Minnesota was a seasonally operated nonprofit bicycle sharing system in Minneapolis and St Paul Minnesota based on the BIXI brand created by Public Bike System Company and first used in Montreal Launched on June 10 2010 it served over 10 000 trips in its first month and reached 100 817 rides in the first season of operation 1 2 The bicycles in the system are manufactured by Cycles Devinci They are painted fluorescent green and include a cargo carrier and headlights They receive daily maintenance and are redistributed throughout the system via truck 3 Nice Ride MinnesotaBikes at a Nice Ride MN stationOverviewOwnerCity of MinneapolisLocaleMinneapolis Saint Paul MinnesotaTransit typeBicycle sharing systemNumber of stations190WebsiteNiceRideMN comOperationBegan operationJune 10 2010Ended operationNovember 13 2022Operator s LyftNumber of vehicles1 700As of 2011 the system offered 1 700 bicycles for rent at 190 kiosks in both Minneapolis and St Paul 4 The solar powered kiosks are distributed throughout much of Minneapolis and Saint Paul Bike availability can be checked in real time via smartphone or an online map In the long term the network is intended to cover most of Minneapolis and St Paul 3 Nice Ride operates from the first week of April through the first week of November The bikes and stations are removed during the winter in order to protect them from damage particularly corrosion from road salt and make way for snow plows 5 The system did not reopen after the end of the 2022 season as Blue Cross Blue Shield the main sponsor announced it would not renew its sponsorship contract 6 Contents 1 Memberships and fees 2 System rollout and expansion 3 Ridership 4 Technology 5 Future Plans 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksMemberships and fees EditThere are two ways to use the Nice Ride system as a passholder or a member Passes are available for 24 hours or 30 days and memberships include 30 day and 1 year options Memberships must be purchased or redeemed through the Nice Ride website while passes can be purchased by credit or debit card at individual station kiosks for 6 24 hours or 18 30 days Members receive an RFID key which is inserted into a slot on the bike dock to unlock a bike Using a key to unlock a bike only takes a few seconds while the process of purchasing a 24 hour or 30 day pass and getting subsequent rentals requires more user interaction with the kiosk 7 There is no limit to the number of trips allowed during a pass or membership period For passholders there is no additional charge for the first 30 minutes of each trip Alternately members get a full 60 minutes between stations with no additional charge However trip fees can rack up quickly particularly after 90 minutes without redocking the bike reaching up to a daily limit of 65 after 7 hours of use in addition to any pass or membership fee 7 This fee structure is designed to encourage short trips keep bikes available and push customers desiring multi hour trips to use for profit rental businesses rather than the subsidized bike share service Only about 2 of trips incur any fees In the 2010 and 2011 seasons Nice Ride placed an authorization hold on the credit or debit accounts of 24 hour subscribers per bicycle rented 24 hour subscribers can rent two bikes per credit debit card at a time 8 The holds were initially set at 250 when system was launched in 2010 which caused problems for some customers particularly those who had used debit cards where it was possible cause an account overdraft 9 Prior to the system s launch there was a concern that a large percentage of the bicycles would be stolen especially in light of the Velib system in Paris France which had a theft rate of more than 50 in its first 18 months 10 and previous experience with theft and vandalism of free bikes provided by the Yellow Bike Coalition in Saint Paul a decade earlier 11 However those worries proved to be unfounded with the new Bixi based system only one bike was counted as stolen in the 2010 season and no bikes were lost or stolen in 2011 The authorization holds were reduced to 50 a few months after the June 2010 opening and were removed entirely for 2012 12 System rollout and expansion EditThe Nice Ride system was first put in place in areas near downtown Minneapolis and has been expanded in multiple phases The system expanded into western areas of neighboring Saint Paul in summer 2011 and had its first stations deployed in downtown Saint Paul in June 2012 bringing the total number of bikes to 1 328 and stations to 146 13 14 In May 2013 the system were further expended with the installation of 24 additional stations mostly located in southern Minneapolis or along the Mississippi River 15 raising the total number of bikes to 1 550 and the total number of stations to 170 16 Nice Ride was criticized by residents in North Minneapolis an economically disadvantaged part of the city when the initial deployment of bikes in June 2010 was focused around downtown Minneapolis and areas south of downtown which tend to be more densely populated than the city s north side It took until the second phase of deployment in 2010 for the neighborhood to get stations 17 The first stations in North Minneapolis appeared along Broadway and at Summit Academy and International Market Square 18 Startup funding for this program was 3 2 million major contributors included Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota the City of Minneapolis and a federal transportation grant from the Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program Ridership EditYear Date opened Date closed Days in operation Ridership Ridership per day Stations2010 June 10 November 7 1 150 100 817 1 2 672 19 65 19 2011 April 8 20 November 6 21 212 217 530 22 1 026 19 116 19 2012 April 2 23 November 4 24 216 274 045 25 26 1 269 19 145 19 2013 Before April 10 27 November 3 28 207 305 000 29 1 473 170 29 2014 April 11 November 2 205 409 000 30 1 995 170 31 2015 April 1 November 1 214 483 223 32 2 258 190 33 2016 April 4 34 November 6 35 216 432 284 36 2 001 198 31 2017 April 3 36 November 5 37 216 460 718 38 2 133 201 39 Technology EditThe platform behind the bike share system is created by 8D Technologies who also supply the server technology for BIXI Montreal Citi Bike in New York City Santander Cycles in London Capital Bikeshare in Washington DC and others Future Plans EditOn January 16 2018 Nice Ride Minnesota announced 40 that it had chosen Motivate s proposal for transition of the Twin Cities bike share system See also EditList of bicycle sharing systems List of shared use paths in MinneapolisReferences Edit a b c Mitch Vars November 9 2010 2010 Season Comes to a Close with Over 100 000 Rides Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved March 24 2012 a b Andre Eggert November 10 2010 Nice Ride program tops first year goals Minnesota Daily Retrieved March 24 2012 a b Danielle Nordine June 9 2010 Minneapolis to launch bike share system Minnesota Daily Retrieved April 3 2012 Goodyear Sarah 2 August 2011 Bikeshare makes for a Nice Ride in Minneapolis Grist Retrieved 2 September 2011 Nice Ride 2011 season ends November 6 Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved 19 November 2011 Cassel Em 2023 03 01 There Will Be No Nice Ride Program This Year and Likely Ever Again Racket Retrieved 2023 03 03 a b How it Works Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved July 7 2014 Subscriptions Nice Ride MN Archived from the original on July 19 2011 Retrieved April 3 2012 Tom Held July 1 2010 A glitch in the system Minneapolis bike share creating cash flow problems Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved April 3 2012 Thefts puncture Paris bike scheme BBC News February 10 2009 Retrieved April 3 2012 Yellow Bike Program Keeps Pedaling Away St Paul Pioneer Press September 16 1995 p 1B Retrieved April 4 2012 Nice Ride Now Open Cycle Twin Cities April 3 2012 Retrieved April 3 2012 Bill Dossett March 21 2012 2012 Nice Ride Season Begins 1st Week of April Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved April 3 2012 Nice Ride Minnesota Announces Locations for New Stations Nice Ride MN Archived from the original on 2013 08 13 Retrieved 2012 05 15 Google July 10 2013 Nice Ride Planned 2013 Expansion Locations Map Google Maps Google Retrieved July 10 2013 Nice Ride Minnesota Adds 24 More Stations CBS Minnesota May 28 2013 Retrieved July 10 2013 Brandt Williams June 23 2010 North Mpls cyclists feel left out of bike sharing program Minnesota Public Radio Retrieved April 3 2012 Hart Van Denburg June 25 2010 The Blotter North Minneapolis may see some Nice Ride action City Pages Retrieved April 3 2012 a b c d e f Jessica Schoner December 21 2012 2012 Best Trend Hint It s not the Apocalypse Streets MN Retrieved July 10 2013 Mitch Vars April 9 2012 2011 Season Kicks Off with a Few Issues Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved March 24 2012 Mitch Vars October 27 2011 Nice Ride 2011 season ends November 6 Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved March 24 2012 Ross Abbey November 16 2011 Minnesota bike sharing system records a winning season Fresh Energy Retrieved March 24 2012 Drum roll please Twitter Nice Ride Minnesota April 2 2012 Retrieved April 3 2012 Today is the last day November 4 2012 Retrieved November 4 2012 274 045 thanks everyone see you in April Twitter Nice Ride Minnesota November 4 2012 Retrieved November 4 2012 Brandt Williams Record year for Nice Ride bike share Minnesota Public Radio Retrieved November 8 2012 Notice of system shutdown due to weather Note the system was partially shut down several days in April 2013 and these days were not taken off of the count of active days Nice Ride 2013 Season ends November 3rd Retrieved November 16 2013 a b Nice Ride Minnesota Ambitious plans set for 2014 season Star Tribune Retrieved November 16 2013 Nice Ride Minnesota pedals to a banner year weighs winter cycling Retrieved December 23 2014 a b 2015 16 Annual Report PDF Report Nice Ride Minnesota p 25 Retrieved April 4 2018 Official Tally 483 223 trips in 2015 up from 408 485 in 2014 Retrieved November 4 2015 Adding 20 New Stations to The Nice Ride System Retrieved November 4 2015 Nice Ride launches 2016 season with renewed support from title sponsor Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Center for Prevention March 30 2016 Retrieved April 4 2018 Mitch Vars October 26 2016 Last Day of Season Sunday Nov 6th Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved April 4 2018 a b Tim Harlow March 28 2017 Nice Ride Minnesota headed for Monday opening Star Tribune Retrieved April 4 2018 Mitch Vars October 23 2017 Last Day of Season Sunday Nov 5th Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved April 4 2018 System Data Nice Ride Minnesota Retrieved April 4 2018 Bill Dossett August 28 2017 Request for Proposals for Transition of Twin Cities Bike Sharing System Retrieved April 4 2018 Nice Ride MN Nice Ride Minnesota Chooses Motivate www niceridemn org Archived from the original on 2018 04 10 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nice Ride Minnesota amp oldid 1142688485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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