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More E-Bikes, More Rides: Details From Lyft’s Bluebikes Contract Proposal
Lyft's bid aims for "50 percent growth in ridership, reaching 7 million annual trips by Year 3 of the new contract."
October 31, 2025
City of Salem Eliminates Parking Requirements for New Apartments
"Salem needs more homes and less empty asphalt parking spaces at these projects,” said Salem Mayor Dominick Pangallo.
September 30, 2025
Lyft In Negotiations With Region’s Cities and Towns to Renew Bluebikes Operating Contract
The municipal owners of the Bluebikes bikesharing system are in negotiations to renew a contract with Lyft to continue operating the day-to-day operations of the system for the next five years.
September 17, 2025
Federal Funds Will Let Bluebikes System Add Electrified Stations For E-Bikes
Since they first came on the scene last December, the new pedal-assist electric Bluebikes have been extremely popular.
October 22, 2024
Boston Region Wins More Federal Funding for Private-Operator Shuttle Routes, Bluebikes Expansion
A new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law program will send the Boston region $21.6 million to launch several non-MBTA shuttle routes in the city of Boston and expand the Bluebikes bikesharing network with new stations across the region.
October 22, 2024
Legislation Aims to Take the Measure of Traffic Impacts From App-Based Delivery Services
Because app-based food delivery services operate with very little oversight in Massachusetts, it’s difficult to estimate the scale of their impact.
March 14, 2023
Inventories Take Stock of Growing Access to Bluebikes, Safer Bike Routes
Thanks to system expansions into more diverse neighborhoods, by 2021, non-white residents living in Bluebikes communities are slightly more likely to live near a bikesharing station than white residents.
December 6, 2021
As Uber and Lyft Pivot to Deliveries, Customers Face Longer Waits, Higher Prices
Passenger rides are down, but evidence suggests that the apps' drivers are still on the roads, delivering takeout and packages instead of riders.
August 19, 2021
Bikesharing Data Reveal Latent Demand For Suburban Bike Infrastructure
Route data from shared LimeBikes suggest that users use suburban off-street paths extensively, but frequently strike out along connecting arterial streets that lack safe bike infrastructure.
November 8, 2019