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CityRyde 
Type Private Founded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2007) Headquarters Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Key people Timothy Ericson (CEO)
Jason Meinzer (COO)Owner(s) Timothy Ericson
Jason Meinzer
Tristan Schreck
James Perkins
[1] [2][unreliable source?]Website cityryde.com CityRyde is a bike-sharing consulting and software development company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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History
Initially intended to be a bike-sharing program in the Philadelphia region, CityRyde established itself as a software provider and consultant in the industry.[3]
Products
In September 2009, CityRyde launched Spark, which the company bills as the world’s first off-the-shelf bike-sharing fleet management software, at the University of Chicago. Spark's features include electronic user registration, automated rental processes, integration with automated locking mechanisms, a customized reporting dashboard, and the ability to integrate with existing systems. Spark is currently being used at 10 universities, including the University of Chicago, Cornell University, University of Colorado at Boulder and Drexel University. Spark has also been adopted by The Related Companies, a real estate developer, manager and financier, for use in apartment complexes.
In September 2010, CityRyde released a mobile app for Android called Ride off Carbon, which allows commuters who walk or ride bicycles to monitor their carbon footprints and calculate the carbon reductions they achieve through sustainable means of transportation. Ride off Carbon has a database of cars that allows users to select their make and model in order to track precisely how much carbon they save by avoiding fossil fuel transportation.[4]
Due for release in 2011 is Inspire, a software package which certifies and monetizes carbon offset credits to generate additional revenue for bike-sharing systems, which have traditionally struggled in that regard.[5][6] Inspire integrates with existing systems to retrieve bicycle usage data and calculate carbon savings using the proprietary algorithms of CityRyde’s carbon methodology, which is expected to be approved in the summer of 2011 by the Voluntary Carbon Standard.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/june/201698.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20090406085242/http://www.cityryde.com/aboutus.html
- ^ http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/june/201698.html
- ^ http://www.greenphillyblog.com/2010/11/08/cityryde-philadelphia-bike-sharing-experts/
- ^ http://news.discovery.com/tech/bringing-the-bucks-to-bike-sharing.html
- ^ http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/how-to-monetize-biking.php
- ^ http://technicallyphilly.com/2011/02/21/cityrydes-bike-sharing-software-close-to-being-awarded-carbon-credit-certification
External links
Categories:- Sustainable transport
- Companies based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Software development
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