{"67772":{"#nid":"67772","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bike Sharing Program Rolls on Campus during Summer","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, a new spin will be added to an old mode of\ntransportation on campus. Parking and Transportation has partnered with\nviaCycle, a startup in the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) spearheaded\nby Georgia Tech graduates, to bring bike sharing to campus. The company creates\ntechnology that enables more efficient bike sharing systems, and is looking for\nsummer beta testers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cBike sharing isn\u2019t new, but at universities it\u2019s always been manual\nbefore,\u201d said Kyle Azevedo, CEO of viaCycle and a 2010 master\u2019s graduate of the\nWoodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. The idea is that all students,\nfaculty and staff with a valid BuzzCard will be able to use bicycles that will\nbe locked at bike racks around campus. The bikes are secured electronically and\ncan be locked and unlocked through a simple phone call, text message or\nsmartphone app, and will have GPS tracking so viaCycle can locate the bikes at\nall times. Users would pre-register with viaCycle to verify their Georgia Tech\nstatus and receive an account number used to check bikes in and out.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe think the ideal model would be to have a prepaid balance\nthat you deduct from as you go,\u201d said Siddharth Doshi, viaCycle\u2019s chief technology\nofficer and also a 2010 master\u2019s graduate from Tech\u2019s mechanical engineering\nprogram, in regards to a payment structure. viaCycle will come to campus to\nrecruit participants during its trial phase; early adopters will benefit from\ngetting their first few months free.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe really want to get people using the service to get\nfeedback,\u201d Doshi said. Users can provide feedback through a form at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gt.viacycle.com\/\u0022\u003Egt.viacycle.com\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe startup began as a research project while Azevedo and\nDoshi were students in Tech\u2019s Sustainable Design and Manufacturing lab. Working\nwith Emory University\u2019s bike sharing program, they received a prestigious Ford\nCollege Community Challenge Grant last March for $50,000 for the viaCycle\nconcept.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe were excited to be asked to partner and collaborate on\nnew technology developed right here at Tech,\u201d said Lance Lunsway, senior\ndirector of Parking and Transportation. \u201cBike sharing adds an additional\nresource for individuals using alternative transportation to get to campus or\naround campus. We want to make it easy for faculty, staff and students to leave\ntheir vehicles at home but still be able to get around campus or surrounding\nareas with ease.\u201d Lunsway said that despite minor details needing further development\nor tweaking during the pilot phase, he is confident viaCycle will be successful\non campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe viaCycle summer trial period precedes a fall launch\nthat will bring 35 bikes to campus. The Biria \u201cEasy Boarding\u201d bikes will be\nstationed at west campus housing, the Instructional Center, the library and\nHowey physics, but can be locked and unlocked at any bike rack while checked out and in use around the city. All viaCycle bikes will\nbe registered with the Georgia Tech Police Department, and a maintenance\ncontract with \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.intownbicycles.com\/\u0022\u003EIntown Bicycles\u003C\/a\u003E will\nensure that the equipment remains in working order. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUntil the fall launch, those interested in participating in\nbeta testing can sign up online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gt.viacycle.com\/\u0022\u003Egt.viacycle.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EParking and Transportation has partnered with\nviaCycle to bring bike sharing to campus.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Bike sharing from viaCycle will debut at Tech this summer."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-06-20 15:15:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:53","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-06-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"68412":{"id":"68412","type":"image","title":"viaCycle logo","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"viaCycle logo","file":{"fid":"193320","name":"161937_119179578122018_1324418_n.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/161937_119179578122018_1324418_n_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/161937_119179578122018_1324418_n_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":7177,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/161937_119179578122018_1324418_n_0.jpg?itok=D64C2sUn"}},"68413":{"id":"68413","type":"image","title":"Biria Easy Boarding 3 Bicycle","body":null,"created":"1449177176","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:56","changed":"1475894592","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:12","alt":"Biria Easy Boarding 3 Bicycle","file":{"fid":"193321","name":"eb_top_3_black.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/eb_top_3_black_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/eb_top_3_black_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":116354,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/eb_top_3_black_0.jpg?itok=vfN6lINk"}}},"media_ids":["68412","68413"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gt.viacycle.com\/","title":"viaCycle at Georgia Tech"},{"url":"http:\/\/parking.gatech.edu\/","title":"Parking and Transportation"},{"url":"http:\/\/bike.gatech.edu\/","title":"Bike GT"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"181","name":"alternative transportation"},{"id":"778","name":"bicycles"},{"id":"13060","name":"biic"},{"id":"170","name":"parking"},{"id":"7757","name":"parking and transportation"},{"id":"8922","name":"viaCycle"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.shaw@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Shaw\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications and Marketing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:info@viacycle.com\u0022\u003EViacycle\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}