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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Capital_Bikeshare/jP1cEXkN">Capital Bikeshare</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Transportation_in_Washington%2c_D.C./P45qAup4">Transportation in Washington, D.C.</a></li></ul> Wikimedia Commons has media related to SmartBike DC. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Silverman, Elissa (April 19, 2008). "Bicycle-Sharing Program to Debut". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2010. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803037.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803037.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Rosiak, Luke (December 17, 2010). "Sun sets on SmartBikeDC". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121009121629/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/sun_sets_on_smartbikes.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121009121629/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dr-gridlock/2010/12/sun_sets_on_smartbikes.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Silverman, Elissa (April 19, 2008). "Bicycle-Sharing Program to Debut". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2010. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803037.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/18/AR2008041803037.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Rice, Bill (September 27, 2005). "Mayor Williams Signs New Bus Shelter Contract" (Press release). Retrieved March 31, 2016. <a href="http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2005/09/mayor-williams-signs-new-bus-shelter.html" target="_blank">http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2005/09/mayor-williams-signs-new-bus-shelter.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Harnik, Peter. "Why the Washington region's first attempt at bikeshare failed". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved November 3, 2022. <a href="https://ggwash.org/view/86646/why-the-washington-regions-first-attempt-at-bikeshare-failed" target="_blank">https://ggwash.org/view/86646/why-the-washington-regions-first-attempt-at-bikeshare-failed</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Harnik, Peter. "Why the Washington region's first attempt at bikeshare failed". Greater Greater Washington. Retrieved November 3, 2022. <a href="https://ggwash.org/view/86646/why-the-washington-regions-first-attempt-at-bikeshare-failed" target="_blank">https://ggwash.org/view/86646/why-the-washington-regions-first-attempt-at-bikeshare-failed</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Peter, Harnik. "How Capital Bikeshare launched a mobility movement". Retrieved November 3, 2022. <a href="https://ggwash.org/view/86835/how-capital-bikeshare-launched-a-mobility-movement" target="_blank">https://ggwash.org/view/86835/how-capital-bikeshare-launched-a-mobility-movement</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Klein, Gabe; Vega-Barachowitz, David (October 15, 2015). Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun. Washington, DC: Island Press. p. 149. ISBN 9781610916905. <a href="9781610916905" target="_blank">9781610916905</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Cranor, David. "Whatever happened to SmartBike?". TheWashcycle.com. Retrieved March 31, 2016. <a href="http://www.thewashcycle.com/2013/01/whatever-happened-to-smartbike.html" target="_blank">http://www.thewashcycle.com/2013/01/whatever-happened-to-smartbike.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>@@beyonddc (April 22, 2011). "In case you missed it yesterday: The old SmartBike station at 17th/K has been removed" (Tweet) – via Twitter. <a href="https://x.com/@beyonddc/status/61450359096360961" target="_blank">https://x.com/@beyonddc/status/61450359096360961</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>DePillis, Lydia, R.I.P. SmartBike, Good Riddance, Washington City Paper, September 16, 2010: Daily SmartBike use rarely exceeded one ride per bicycle per day, with a total of only 1,696 SmartBike subscribers – 220 of whom had never activated their subscription cards, and 242 of whom had never rented a SmartBike. <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2010/09/16/r-i-p-smartbike-good-riddance/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2010/09/16/r-i-p-smartbike-good-riddance/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Alpert, David. "Many unsung heroes made Capital Bikeshare a reality". Retrieved March 31, 2016. <a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/17306/many-unsung-heroes-made-capital-bikeshare-a-reality/" target="_blank">http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/17306/many-unsung-heroes-made-capital-bikeshare-a-reality/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Cranor, David. "Why Smartbike didn't fail". TheWashCycle. Retrieved March 31, 2016. <a href="http://www.thewashcycle.com/2010/11/why-smartbike-didnt-fail.html" target="_blank">http://www.thewashcycle.com/2010/11/why-smartbike-didnt-fail.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>