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Mayor Villaraigosa announcing Bike Nation at CicLAvia.

Bike Nation is Coming to Los Angeles!

We plan to install 400 kiosks with a total of
4,000 bikes throughout the City of Los Angeles, with the first kiosks expected to
be in operation during the fourth quarter
of 2012!

Check out these articles to learn more!
L.A. TIMES HUFFINGTON POST KPCC

  • Mayor Villaraigosa announcing Bike Nation at CicLAvia. 1

    Bike Nation is Coming to Los Angeles!

    We plan to install 400 kiosks with a total of
    4,000 bikes throughout the City of Los Angeles, with the first kiosks expected to
    be in operation during the fourth quarter
    of 2012!

    Check out these articles to learn more!
    L.A. TIMES HUFFINGTON POST KPCC

  • A picture of a Bike Nation kiosk, dock, and map. 2

    Bike Nation: Simple,
    Smart, Sustainable

    We have designed our Bicycle Sharing program to provide a quick and efficient way to get around; Ride from the train to work, from the bus to class, or just explore. The first 30 minutes of every ride are free!

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    Public Proven Bike

    Our Bike Nation bike is built in America with public proven components and integrated safety features to ensure a clean safe and fun ride every time. Airless tires, chainless drivetrain, and integrated active lighting is helping us change the future of bike sharing!

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    Solar Powered and Fully Featured

    Bike Nation kiosks are solar powered and wirelessly connected for easy installation anywhere! Annual members can easily see their money saved, calories burned, carbon footprint and more at the kiosk, website, or on their mobile device.

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    Bike Nation is Simple!

    • Rent bikes from any station by swiping your credit card or using your Bike Nation key.

    • Ride to class, to work, or just explore! The first 30 minutes are always free!

    • Return the bike at any dock in the system when finished riding.
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    Ride Anytime

    Bike Nation is operational 24/7 – 365! Our bikes are available when other means of transportation are not, so you can get where you need to go anytime!

Register Today

Once you’ve registered, just follow these steps and you are ready to ride!

Latest News:

It's Bike-To-Work Week!

We were excited to have Gayle Anderson from KTLA News pay a visit to our HQ to help kick off Bike-To-Work Week.

Be sure to grab your helmet and ride your bike into work all week!

You can read all about our morning with Gayle Anderson and view four of the video segments that Bike Nation participated in here.

Villaraigosa Announces Bike Nation At City’s Fourth CicLAvia

At the CicLAvia event in downtown Los Angeles today, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced plans for a bike sharing demonstration project in the City.

In the spirit of Mayor Villaraigosa’s invitation for “Angelenos to get out of their cars and on to the streets,” Bike Nation, the only southern California-based bike share company, plans to install 400 kiosks with a total of 4,000 bikes throughout the City of Los Angeles, with the first kiosks expected to be in operation during the fourth quarter of 2012.

Read the full article here.

Read the L.A. Times story here.

Bike Nation Partners With CicLAvia

Photo of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa along with Bike Nation and CicLAvia representatives at the press conference. On Sunday, April 15, ten miles of L.A. city streets will ban motorists and welcome bicyclists and pedestrians during the fourth installment of CicLAvia.

Bike Nation has partnered with CicLAvia and will provide 100 free bikes for riders to use during the event scheduled to run from 10am until 3pm.

Bicycles will be available on a first come, first serve basis at the event, and you can also register for a bike here.

The bikes will be available at two locations, El Pueblo and MacArthur Park, with three different pick-up times: 10am, 11:30am and 1pm.

Although the rentals are free, Bike Nation is accepting donations on behalf of CicLAvia.

*Portions of this article were paraphrased from an article found here.

Bike Nation Anaheim

City of Anaheim Seal Bike Nation is proud to announce Anaheim as the first Bike Nation System! We are all excited to have the opportunity to provide a safe, simple and fun way to get around a the Anaheim Resort Area.

We would like to thank the City of Anaheim and everyone that has helped out so far, please read more about Bike Nation Anaheim here.

Bike Nation At The L.A. Metro Event

A photo from the Bike Nation information kiosk at the L.A. Metro event. We were extremely excited to be at the event LA Metro hosted Wednesday! The demonstration, located in the Union Station Plaza, was put together to inform both the public and LA Metro staff on bike sharing. We all had a fantastic afternoon filled with test rides, big smiles and excitement about bike sharing coming to LA. If you didn’t make it on Wednesday sign up for our email newsletter and keep your eyes peeled for upcoming demonstrations.

Of course we have to thank Lynne Goldsmith and the staff at LA Metro for hosting a great event!

Read the full article here.

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter here.

Bike Nation Website Is Online

We have just launched the beta version of our website! We will have more information really soon about when and where you can start finding Bike Nation Stations in your city!