{"id":13369,"date":"2011-08-29T13:26:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T19:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13369"},"modified":"2011-08-29T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T19:26:07","slug":"bike-share-programs-carbon-credits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/bike-share-programs-carbon-credits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Share Programs Can Now Monetize Carbon Credits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> I was all set to write a post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityryde.com\/\">CityRyde<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inspiremobility.com\/\">Inspire<\/a> software, which gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sundancechannel.com\/sunfiltered\/2009\/10\/princeton-bike-sharing\/\">bike sharing programs<\/a> and businesses another way to generate revenue: measure, and then sell, carbon credits generated from their bicycles. But since I was a bit behind on the story, I thought I&#8217;d check to see what other sites had to say&#8230; and found that sister sites\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/insteading.com\">Insteading<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/\">Cleantechnica<\/a> had both covered it already. So, why rehash what they&#8217;ve already done well&#8230; here&#8217;s a bit from Cleantechnica&#8217;s post:<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpuArticle rpuJump-4 rpuRepost-fff0991c9f666bb987baf4a95b7e36fa-top\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s.tt\/12Ten\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; background: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/i.curate.us\/img\/471496ba525a6b29095a71524eed4790?\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the rest<\/strong> at <a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2011\/07\/21\/inspire-software-propels-city-bike-sharing-programs\/\">Cleantechnica<\/a>; also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/insteading.com\/2011\/07\/20\/new-technology-turns-bike-rides-into-cash\/\">Insteading<\/a>&#8216;s take on the Inspire software. And an HT to <a href=\"http:\/\/thisweekinearth.com\/editions\/2011_08_26\/ride.html\">This Week in Earth<\/a> for introducing me to the concept.<\/p>\n<p>Want more bike sharing news? Check out Ecopreneurist&#8217;s profile of <a href=\"http:\/\/ecopreneurist.com\/2011\/08\/29\/dcs-capital-bikeshare-is-a-red-hot-success-story-in-one-year\/\">Washington, D.C.&#8217;s Capital Bikeshare<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image credit:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davereid\/\">davereid at Flickr<\/a> under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/deed.en\">Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: I was all set to write a post about CityRyde&#8216;s Inspire software, which gives bike sharing programs and businesses another way to generate revenue: measure, and then sell,&nbsp;[ &hellip; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2288,5309,5310,3672,5311,5312,5313],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bike Share Programs Have Additional Revenue Option<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bike share programs keep carbon emissions out of the atmosphere, so shouldn&#039;t they be able to sell carbon credits? 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