Over on I Bike TO.ca, herb has posted his own mock-up of a Toronto Bixi bicycle. To reference the BikeShare program that folded a few years back in Toronto he’s gone with a bright and distinctive yellow as shown below:
Yellow to pay tribute to BikeShare as suggested by herb on I Bike TO.ca
BikingToronto member Bikeroo posted a stealth photo of a BIXI bicycle at City Hall that reveals blue as a possible colour for Toronto’s bicycle sharing program:
Blue Bixi spotted in Toronto's City Hall
Taking a look around the world, what colours are other bicycle sharing programs using?
Bright red on the tail end of Vélo'v in Lyon, France
Red and white for Bicing in Barcelona
Red for the first bicycle sharing program in the USA, DC's SmartBike
In Helsinki you can't miss the neon green and yellow
Blue and Red bike share bicycle in Copenhagen, although this may change
In Stockholm it's blue and white
Classic styling and green in San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Bright yellow for OYBike in London, UK
A subtle grey for Vélib’ in Paris, France
Grey and black for BIXI in Montreal, Canada
What colour would you like to see Toronto’s bike share system?
Photos via Wikipedia
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Gotta say I love the colour in BikeRoo’s photo… Toronto Blue! It’ll help identify the bike as an “official” bike.
I wonder if anyone knows if there is an official name for the program yet? I myself like BixiTO… but haven’t heard of any names other than “Public Bike System”.