Industrialized Cyclist Notepad


Bixi files for bankruptcy protection
January 21, 2014, 06:53
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Somebody tell me what to think about this.

Bixi owes the city $31.6 million on a $37-million city loan. Montreal also guaranteed a line of credit on which Bixi owes $6.4 million.That means Montreal taxpayers could be stuck with a $38-million bill, though the city hopes a sale of the international part of the business will cut that amount.Bixi also owes its suppliers $9 million.In total, then, Bixis total debt is at least $47 million.Bixi is also embroiled in multimillion-dollar lawsuits with a former software supplier.

via Bixi files for bankruptcy protection.



Seattle’s real-time bike counters
January 10, 2014, 11:31
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You no longer have to bike all the way to Fremont to get counted. The city — with support from the Rails to Trails Conservancy and the Mark and Susan Torrance Foundation — has installed seven new real-time bike counters around the city. This brings the city’s total to nine.

via Real-time bike counters now installed in 9 locations around the city | Seattle Bike Blog.