List of community bike programs.

Canada

British Columbia

Program: AMS Bike Co-op Yellow and Purple Bikes
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Contact: email: bikecoop@interchange.ubc.ca phone: 604.827.7333
Program Type: Co-op
Description: "We adopt Sick and Neglected Bicycles and nurse them back into full health. Happy, newly painted bikes are then released onto the campus, safely secured with a lock that only co-op members can open! Many students have learned to repair bikes in a non-threatening environment and so far 184 bikes have been spared the scrapyard. We are the true ReCyclers!"

Ontario

Program: CBN BikeShare
Location: Toronto
Contact: email: hello@bikeshare.org phone: 416.504.2918 address: 761 Queen St. W., Toronto On, M6J 1G1
Program Type: Hub
Description: Bikeshare, a project of the Community Bicycle Network, is an innovative bicycle lending program in downtown Toronto that provides members with access to a fleet of bright yellow bikes. Just show your membership at any conveniently located hub and ride away on a single speed, retro, bike equipped with lock, bell, basket and reflector tape.

Denmark

Program: Bycyklen: Copenhagen City Bike
Location: Copenhagen
Contact: email: info@bycyklen.dk
Program Type: "Dumb" Locking Rack Programs
Description: Unlock a bicycle by depositing a 20 kroner coin. Return it to one of the city's 100 plus locking racks, and your get your deposit back.

Finland

Program: Helsinki CityBike
Location: Helsinki
Contact: phone: 303.413.7316
Program Type: "Dumb" Locking rack program
Description: "Intended for common use, a citybike is a practical way to get around town. There are 26 stands in the centre of Helsinki from where you can get a Citybike for your own use by paying a deposit of FIM 10. After you have finished cycling, you can return the bike to any City-bike Stand to await the next person needing a bike."

Program: Joensuu Yellow Bike Project
Location: Joensuu
Contact: n/a
Program Type: Anarchic
Description: In the late 1980's 200 Yellow bikes were dumped on the street. Apparently, they quickly disappeared, but another batch was released in the late 1990's. This unoffical, and bizarre website has some information, much of which should be doubted.

France

Program: Rennes FranceAdshel SmartBike Program
Location: Rennes
Contact: Contact Adshel
Program Type: Computerized Check-out
Description: A computerized check-out program implemented by Adshel.

New Zealand

Program: Palmerston North GreenBike
Location: Palmerston North
Contact: Phone: (06) 354 7520 email: info@greenbikes.org.nz
Program Type: Anarchic
Description: The bicycles were donated by the community and are lent out to students and other members of the community who want a free bike.

Singapore

Program: CCP SmartBike Program
Location: Bukit Batok, Bukit Gombak , and Tanjong Pagar
Contact: email: peter@ccp.com.sg phone: (65) 6276 6626 Address: Capital City Posters Pte Ltd (CCP), 7 Jalan Kilang #07-01, Singapore 159407
Program Type: Computerized Check-out
Description:The bicycle is labeled as a DC Community Bicycle. Each bike has a number and sign explaining that the bike is for any member of the College community to ride and park. We ask that it not be parked off of campus. Outfitted with a kickstand and a combination lock the new bicycles are single speed cruisers with coaster brakes.

United States

California

Program: Arcata Community Bike Program
Location: Arcata
Contact: email: greenbikes@bikerider.com
Program Type: Hub - Long term sign out
Description: "The mission of the Arcata Community Bike Program is to promote the use of bicycles as a safe, efficient and environmentally sound means of transportation. Our volunteer-run program hopes to inspire people to bicycle more often.We enact our mission by providing Arcata residents and visitors with freebikes in convenient locations. We also give bicycles to individuals who, because of economic situations, would not otherwise have access to a bicycle."

Program: Santa Cruz yellow Bike Project
Location: Santa Cruz
Contact: email: yellowbike@bikerider.com phone: 408.457.2249
Program Type: Anarchic
Description: Appears to now be defunct? Web page hasn't been updated since 1997.

Colorado

Program: Spokes for Folks: Green Bike Program
Location: Boulder
Contact: phone: 303.413.7316
Program Type: Anarchic?
Description: Donated bicycles are available for free use and are maintained by local high school students.

Georgia

Program: Decatur Yellow Bikes
Location: Decatur
Contact: email: info@dybikes.org
Program Type: Long term sign out
Description: Decatur Yellow Bikes is a nonprofit organization that reconditions donated adult bikes, paints them yellow, and adopts them out to people for any length of time for a $25 refundable deposit.

Indiana

Program: Community Bicycle Project
Location: Bloomington
Contact: email: bikeproj@bloomington.in.us phone: 812.334-3254 Address: 7th and Madison, Bloomington, Indiana 47404
Program Type: Cooperative workshop
Description: "Maintains an open workshop of bicycle tools. Periodically teaches bicylce maintainence classes. Sells recycled bikes."

Kentucky

Program: Berea Blue Bikes
Location: Berea College, Berea
Contact: email: heal@berea.edu phone: 859.985.3613
Program Type: Co-op
Description: "We have been working on a community bike program since fall of 2002. Through HEAL an environmental and social justice group on campus we have organized bike workshops and critical mass rides. We want to create a community bike fleet of blue bikes recycled and repaired from confiscated and abandoned bikes. Unfortunately we have had difficulties with the administration – especially getting a workspace on campus. We are also looking for funding. Any suggestions from groups that have successfully launched projects are welcome and would be greatly appreciated."

Massachusetts

Program: Hampshire College Yellow Bike Program
Location: Amherst
Contact: email: bikeme@bike.hampshire.edu
Program Type: Anarchic (developing computerized sign-out)
Description: A fleet of Yellow bikes is available to the Hampshire College community for on-campus transportation. These bikes are free to take from wherever you see them. They can be left anywhere on campus, as long as they remain on well traveled paths. These bikes can be easily identified by their bright yellow paint and an identification sticker.

Minnesota

Program: Yellow Bike Coalition
Location: St. Paul
Contact: email: ybc@yellowbikes.org phone: 651.222.2080 Address: 210 East 10th Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
Program Type: Hub
Description: "The Yellow Bike program is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming recycled bicycles into a fun, economical, environmentally friendly transportation alternative for Twin City residents and businesses."

New Hampshire

Program: UNH Yellow Bike Co-operative
Location: University of New Hampshire, Durham
Contact: email: web form phone: 603.862.2959
Program Type: Combination of Hub and Co-op
Description: "The Yellow bike co-operative was started in April of 2000, to provide a transportation alternative around campus and downtown Durham. One of the primary goals of the program is to reduce the use of cars as a means of moving around campus. Students, faculty, staff and community members are all welcome to join the co-op. If you are interested in learning how to join the co-op."

New Jersey

Program: HoBiken
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey
Contact: e-mail: info@hobiken.com Address: 527 Willow Ave #8, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Program Type: Community Bicycle Project
Description: "Providing a free alternative to public transportation for residents of Hoboken, NJ."

Program: Greater Mercer TMA Freewheels Neighborhood Yellow Bike Program
Location: Princeton
Contact: email: tma@gmtma.org phone: 609.452.8988
Program Type: Hub
Description: "Freewheels is a federally-funded alternative mode of transportation for commuting around Princeton. The program allows people to hop on a free bike, travel to their area-destination, and then drop it off at a designated freewheels bike station."

New York

Program: Troy Bike Rescue
Location: Troy
Contact: email: tbr@breathingplanet.net phone: 518.5737947 Address: 1809 5th Avenue, Troy, NY 12180
Program Type: Anarchic/Educational
Description: "The Troy Bike Rescue is a small, but growing group of individuals dedicated to the idea that no bicycle is a piece of trash. TBR began as a mission to pull bikes from Troy's dumpsters and garbage cans and recycle them into working machines. Now the group holds periodical community happenings which celebrate bicycle repair, recycling and putting once discarded bikes back on the streets. We plan to hold earn-a-bike classes soon, and are opening up a workshop in a storefront space beginning Dec. 2002."

North Carolina

Program: Boone Yellow Bikes
Location: Appalachian State University, Boone
Contact: e-mail: byb@appstate.edu Address: ASU Box 8967, Boone, NC 28608
Program Type: ?
Description: "Providing fun, free, and less polluting transportation on the campus of ASU."

Program: Davidson College Community Bicycle Program
Location: Davidson College, Davidson
Contact: phone: 704.894.2623
Program Type: Anarchic with combination bike locks
Description: Each bicycle is labeled as a DC Community Bicycle. Each bike has a number and sign explaining that the bike is for any member of the College community to ride and park. We ask that it not be parked off of campus. Outfitted with a kickstand and a combination lock the new bicycles are single speed cruisers with coaster brakes.

Ohio

Program: Oberlin Bike Co-op
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Contact: e-mail: bikecoop@oberlin.edu; telephone: (440)775-5351; address: Box 25, 135 West Lorain St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Program Type: None of the above
Description: Begun in the 1980s, the Oberlin Bike Co-op provides shop space, tools, and the help of volunteer mechanics to Oberlin College students and city residents for a small membership fee. We rent bikes to individuals on a semester basis and we aim to bring people together around bicycles through programs with kids, college students, and other community members. Like most people reading this we view bike repair as an empowering endeavor. Look for a former Oberlin Bike Co-oper in an upstart community bike project near you!

Rhode Island

Program: Recycle-A-Bike
Location: Providence
Contact: recycleabike@yahoo.com (401)270-5223 890 Broad St. Providence, RI 02909
Program Type: anarcho-community bike shop. earna bike for kids and adults.
Description: Prov RAB works with community members and volunteers to run a bicycle shop that is open to everyone, expecially those that do not normally have access to tools or bikes. The use of our shop, tools and parts is free. We instead ask for volunteer time. More bikes less cars!

South Dakota

Program: Black Hills Yellow Bike Program
Location: Rapid City
Contact: email: bikerbfk@rapidnet.com phone: 605.923.5991
Program Type: Anarchic
Description: "Our mission is to turn unused bicycles into reliable transportation for the community to use. In cooperation with Reconditioned Bikes for Kids, Inc., a non-profit corporation, we provide: Free transportation for anyone in the community; Reconditioned bicycles for needy children;"

Wisconsin

Program: Northland College Sunshine Community Bike Program
Location: Northland College, Ashland
Contact: email: sunshine@wheeler.northland.edu phone: 715.682.1286
Program Type: Anarchic, Unlocked Hub
Description: "Many citizens in the Northland do not have the financial means to provide themselves with the type of transportation that could best fit their daily requirements. Now, due to the hard work of students, staff, faculty, and community members in the Northwoods, people are having the opportunity to get where they need to on two wheels, via The Sunshine Community Bike Program."

Program: Red Bikes Project
Location: Madison city & Dane County
Contact: phone: 608-251-8413 email: mulhern@cs.wisc.edu
Program Type: Anarchic and Hub?
Description: "The purpose of the Red Bikes Project is to distribute totally red bicycles around the downtown area. These bikes are for you to ride; when you've gotten where you want to go, just leave the bike there for the next person who needs it."