The City's new Transportation Chief wants to wire the city's lighted bus shelters to provide information about bus arrival times, car- and bike-sharing programs and other information. more ›

Chicago B-Cycle, the bike sharing program we told you about last month began today at six locations in the loop. Modeled after similar sharing programs in Denver and Paris (JCDecaux, who owns the share program in Paris, curiously manages the ads on CTA bus shelters), sharers can either pay an hourly rate or purchase 30, 60 or 90 day passes. As many of our commenters pointed out before, the sharing program seems a bit pricey when one can own a bicycle for the cost of a few “all day” temporary passes. more ›

So what’s the status on that city-wide bike-rental program that the Mayor’s office was touting late last year? Chicago is actively looking to imitate the structure of Paris's Vélib program, which is financed by private advertising company JCDecaux, but has not yet been able to settle on a contract. From the Sun-Times: more ›