Bixi: Think of bike-sharing as transit, advocates say

Bike-sharing as public transit should drive the future of Bixi in Toronto, says Jared Kolb, executive director of Cycle Toronto. “The thing about bike-sharing as public transit is that it won’t pick you up and drop you right at your doorstep, but it fills in the gaps. It enables people to make the trips that are too far to walk but too short to take the TTC — that 2-kilometre sweet spot,” he says.

Mayor Rob Ford has said the city will not subsidize Bixi’s expansion. Read more.