Operators of the city's Explore Bike Share program are using more than seven months of data compiled since its launch to plan a path forward into the coming year.

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Nonprofit bike-share system reports more than 25,000 rides in first six months

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The Explore Bike Share system that launched earlier this year will expand onto the University of Memphis campus next fall.

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Explore Bike Share, the nonprofit bike-share program which gives Memphians and tourists access to bikes, rolled out its first bike in May. My City Rides, the nonprofit that leases scooters to Memphians who need transportation for work, rolled out its first scooter late this spring.

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Look who's getting that sweet, sweet bike share.

Mud Island saw three Explore Bike Share stations installed Friday along the 1.5-mile stretch of Greenbelt Park. 

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The Explore Bike Share folks plan to celebrate the 901 on 9/01 with a special monthly price of $9.01 for the transportation system.

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Cities never seem to have enough money to keep up with demand of public transportation, including the recent trend of rising demand for bikeshare systems. Most cities have been reluctant to fork over the money for a capital-intensive docked bikeshare system.

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And we’re rollin’! The new bicycle-sharing system introduced a month ago is exceeding expectations and fueling hopes that Memphis is on a revolutionary pathway to improve health and community connectivity.

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On May 23, Memphis' Explore Bike Share made its official debut. Less than three weeks later, the organization had seen riders burn more than 900,000 calories.

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On Wednesday morning, May 23, cyclists lined up outside an Uptown warehouse on Keel Avenue while they waited for the inaugural group ride hosted by the newly launched Explore Bike Share.

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Do you remember first learning to ride a bike -- that moment when a loved one’s hand slipped away and you were balancing on your own? It announced a new kind of freedom.

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Explore Bike Share launched Wednesday with a celebration touting the health, recreation, transportation and community-building benefits of 600 rental bikes stationed from West Memphis to Orange Mound.

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Before Explore Bike Share officially launched on Wednesday, May 23, a family from Nebraska found their way to a station and rented bikes.

"It is a new day for mobility in the City of Memphis," said Explore Bike Share board chairman and City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen. "And, how appropriate — as all of the bikes were riding up — three trolleys rode by at the very same time … in Court Square?"

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In the heart of one of the city’s poorest ZIP codes, the future of Memphis bike-sharing is ready to roll.

Next door to Christ Quest Community Church, across the street from a community garden, an Explore Bike Share docking station sits waiting for the first bikes to arrive, and Knowledge Quest program director Yolanda Manning can’t wait.

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Locations around the city for the first 60 bike stations of the Explore Bike Share program have been announced, and the nonprofit has plans to add more stations and bikes in 2019 and 2020. The 600-rental bike system, which spans from Downtown, South Memphis, and Cooper-Young to Orange Mound, Overton Square, and Crosstown, is moving towards a launch later this spring.

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Though the idea to bring a bike-share program to the city was sparked more than two years ago, the city-funded feasibility study "sat on the shelf" because Memphis wasn't in the position to fund the initiative. 

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With the help of new Operations Director Rajah Brown, Explore Bike Share is bringing the nation’s largest bike sharing installation of its kind to Memphis.

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The bike-share system coming to Memphis this spring announced Wednesday that Sara Studdard will serve as the nonprofit’s first community engagement and marketing director.

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Voluntary health organization executive Trey Moore has been named the first executive director of Explore Bike Share.

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Explore Bike Share, launching here in spring 2018, is asking Memphians to help decide where the first 60 bike stations should be located in the city.

Residents can visit the bike-share system’s interactive map and drop a pin on their choices for stations, as well as “like” locations suggested by others.

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