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Zyp was launched in October [[2015]] with the first of 400 bright green bicycles distributed to 25 stations. 100 of the bicyles include electrically-assisted pedaling. Birmingham's is the first bike share program in the United States to offer electrically-assisted bicycles. The bicycles, charging kiosks were designed by Michael Dallaire and provided, along with GPS-enabled management software, by Bewegen of Quebec, Ontario. The bicycles themselves were manufactured by Procycle.
Zyp was launched in October [[2015]] with the first of 400 bright green bicycles distributed to 25 stations. 100 of the bicyles include electrically-assisted pedaling. Birmingham's is the first bike share program in the United States to offer electrically-assisted bicycles. The bicycles, charging kiosks were designed by Michael Dallaire and provided, along with GPS-enabled management software, by Bewegen of Quebec, Ontario. The bicycles themselves were manufactured by Procycle.


During its first year, the program expanded from 25 to 40 stations. As of April 4, 2016 the system has 5,812 members and has provided 20,768 trips for a total distance of 27,379 miles. At that time there were 359 bikes in service and 31 kiosks in operation, most of which were equipped to accept payment for memberships.
During its first year, the program expanded from 25 to 40 stations. As of April 4, 2016 the system had 5,812 members and had provided 20,768 trips for a total distance of 27,379 miles. At that time there were 359 bikes in service and 31 kiosks in operation, most of which were equipped to accept payment for memberships.
 
By the end of its first year the ZYP program had enrolled 826 annual or quarterly members and sold 11,687 daily or weekly passes. Riders had logged a total of more than 81,000 miles ridden in 63,051 individual rides.


==Stations==
==Stations==
* Payment Kiosk: [[Birmingham Intermodal Station]], 1600 [[Morris Avenue]]
* Payment Kiosk: [[Birmingham Intermodal Station]], 1600 [[Morris Avenue]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 1: [[Alabama Power building]], [[18th Street North|18th Street]] at [[6th Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 1: [[Alabama Power building]], [[18th Street North|18th Street]] at [[6th Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 2: [[41st Street South]], [[Avondale]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 2:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 3:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 3:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 3: [[Uptown]], [[BJCC]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 3: [[Uptown]], [[BJCC]], 2230 [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 4:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 4:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 5:
* Payment Kiosk No. 5: [[Birmingham City Hall]], [[Linn Park]], [[Short 20th Street]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 6 (1 of 2): [[Birmingham City Hall]], [[Linn Park]], [[Short 20th Street]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 6: [[Birmingham Public Library]], 2100 [[Park Place]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 6 (2 of 2): [[Birmingham Public Library]], 2100 [[Park Place]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 7:
* Payment Kiosk No. 7:
* Payment Kiosk No. 8 (1 of 2): [[Fix-Play Lofts]], 2300 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 8: [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]], [[Kelly Ingram Park]], 520 [[16th Street North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 8 (2 of 2): [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]], [[Kelly Ingram Park]], 520 [[16th Street North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 9: [[Regions Center]], 1900 [[5th Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 9: [[UAB]] [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]], [[20th Street South]] at [[University Boulevard]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 10:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 10:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 11: [[McWane Science Center]], 216 [[19th Street North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 11: [[McWane Science Center]], 216 [[19th Street North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 12:
* Payment Kiosk No. 12: [[Phoenix Lofts]], [[17th Street North|17th Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 13:
* Payment Kiosk No. 13: [[Fix-Play Lofts]], 2300 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 14: [[Innovation Depot]], 1500 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 14: [[Innovation Depot]], 1500 [[1st Avenue North (Downtown)|1st Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 15:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 15: [[20th Street North|20th Street]] at [[2nd Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 16: [[Regions Center]], [[20th Street North|20th Street]] at [[5th Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 16: [[Regions Center]], [[20th Street North|20th Street]] at [[5th Avenue North]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 17: [[Birmingham VA Primary Care Clinic]], [[24th Street South|24th Street]] at [[7th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 17: [[Birmingham VA Primary Care Clinic]], [[24th Street South|24th Street]] at [[7th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 18: [[Railroad Park]] west gate, [[Regions Field]], [[14th Street South|14th Street]] at [[1st Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 18: [[Railroad Park]] west gate, [[Regions Field]], [[14th Street South|14th Street]] at [[1st Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 19 (1 of 2): [[Railroad Park]] east gate, [[18th Street South|18th Street]] at [[1st Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 19: [[Railroad Park]] east gate, [[18th Street South|18th Street]] at [[1st Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 19 (2 of 2): [[Moe's Original Bar B Que|Moe's BBQ]], [[29th Street South]], [[Lakeview]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 20: [[Station 121]], 118 [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 20: [[Station 121]], 100 block of [[20th Street South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 21: [[Children's Hospital]], [[17th Street South|17th Street]] at [[5th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 21: [[Children's Hospital]], [[17th Street South|17th Street]] at [[5th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 22:
* Payment Kiosk No. 22: [[UAB Studio Arts]], 2230 [[7th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 23: [[Kirklin Clinic]], 2000 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 23: [[Kirklin Clinic]], 2000 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 24:
* Payment Kiosk No. 24: [[UAB]] [[Boshell Diabetes Building]], [[18th Street South|18th Street]] and [[7th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 25:
* Payment Kiosk No. 25:  
* Payment Kiosk No. 26: [[UAB Campus Green]] south side, 1523 [[9th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 26: [[UAB Campus Green]] south side, 1523 [[9th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 27:
* Payment Kiosk No. 27: [[UAB]] [[McCallum Basic Health Sciences Building]], [[20th Street South]] at [[University Boulevard]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 28:
* Payment Kiosk No. 28: [[Memorial Park]] [[Memorial Park Recreation Center|Recreation Center]], 524 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 29:
* Payment Kiosk No. 29: [[Smithfield Library]], 1 [[8th Avenue West]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 30: [[Chick Fil-A]], [[5 Points South]], opened April 1, 2016
* Payment Kiosk No. 30: [[Chick Fil-A]], [[5 Points South]], opened April 1, 2016
* Payment Kiosk No. 31: [[Phelan Park]], [[14th Street South]] and [[14th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 31: [[Phelan Park]], [[14th Street South]] and [[14th Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 32:
* Payment Kiosk No. 32: [[Hill Student Center]], [[UAB]], 1500 [[University Boulevard]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 33:
* Payment Kiosk No. 33:
* Payment Kiosk No. 34: [[Martin Biscuit building]], [[Pepper Place]], [[29th Street South]] at [[3rd Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 34: [[Martin Biscuit building]], [[Pepper Place]], [[29th Street South]] at [[3rd Avenue South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 35:
* Payment Kiosk No. 35: [[41st Street South]] at [[3rd Avenue South]], [[Avondale]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 36:
* Payment Kiosk No. 36:
* Payment Kiosk No. 37:
* Payment Kiosk No. 37: [[Moe's Original Bar-B-Q]], [[Lakeview]], 729 [[29th Street South]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 38:
* Payment Kiosk No. 38:
* Payment Kiosk No. 39: [[Caldwell Park]] (planned)
* Payment Kiosk No. 39: [[Caldwell Park]], [[Highland Avenue]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 40: [[Rojo]], [[Rushton Park]]
* Payment Kiosk No. 40: [[Rojo]], [[Rushton Park]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk: [[Jefferson County Department of Health]], 1400 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 1:  
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 1: [[Forest Park Village]], 3912 [[Clairmont Avenue South]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 2: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3]], [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] at [[4th Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 2: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 3]], [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] at [[4th Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 4: [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]], 1200 [[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 4: [[Birmingham Social Security Administration Center]], 1200 [[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 5: [[Marconi Park]], [[24th Street North|24th Street]] at [[6th Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 5:  
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 6: [[Memorial Park Recreation Center]], 524 [[6th Avenue South]], [[Titusville]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 6: [[Memorial Park Recreation Center]], 524 [[6th Avenue South]], [[Titusville]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 7: [[Phoenix Lofts]], 1701 [[2nd Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 7: [[Marconi Park]], [[24th Street North|24th Street]] at [[6th Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 16: [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] at [[25th Street North|25th Street]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 16: 115 [[25th Street North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 17: [[Birmingham Intermodal Facility]], 1600 [[Morris Avenue]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 17: [[Birmingham Intermodal Facility]], 1600 [[Morris Avenue]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 22: [[Jefferson County Department of Health]], 1400 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 22:
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 88: [[Sloss Furnaces]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 25: [[Jefferson County Department of Health]], 1400 [[6th Avenue South]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 33: [[Sloss Furnaces]], [[33rd Street North|33rd Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 36: [[BBVA Compass]]' [[Harry B. Brock Administrative Center]], [[32nd Street South|32nd Street]] and [[7th Avenue South]]
* Wayfinding Kiosk No. 38: [[Forest Park Village]], 3912 [[Clairmont Avenue South]]


==References==
==References==
* Davis, Bryan (July 20, 2015) "'Zyp' to be official brand of REV's BikeShare program." {{BBJ}}
* Davis, Bryan (July 20, 2015) "'Zyp' to be official brand of REV's BikeShare program." {{BBJ}}
* Stein, Kelsey (April 1, 2016) "3 new bikeshare locations make it even easier to Zyp around Birmingham." {{BN}}
* Stein, Kelsey (April 1, 2016) "3 new bikeshare locations make it even easier to Zyp around Birmingham." {{BN}}
* Edgemon, Erin (October 10, 2016) "81,000 miles ridden during Zyp bikeshare's first year in Birmingham." {{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 11:58, 10 October 2016

Zyp bicycle

ZYP is a bike share program operating in Birmingham. The program was created REV Birmingham in partnership with the City of Birmingham, the Birmingham Regional Planning Commission and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. Program sponsors include Regions Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and the Alabama Power Foundation. REV's Lindsey West is the program manager. The name and logo were developed by Big Communications.

Zyp was launched in October 2015 with the first of 400 bright green bicycles distributed to 25 stations. 100 of the bicyles include electrically-assisted pedaling. Birmingham's is the first bike share program in the United States to offer electrically-assisted bicycles. The bicycles, charging kiosks were designed by Michael Dallaire and provided, along with GPS-enabled management software, by Bewegen of Quebec, Ontario. The bicycles themselves were manufactured by Procycle.

During its first year, the program expanded from 25 to 40 stations. As of April 4, 2016 the system had 5,812 members and had provided 20,768 trips for a total distance of 27,379 miles. At that time there were 359 bikes in service and 31 kiosks in operation, most of which were equipped to accept payment for memberships.

By the end of its first year the ZYP program had enrolled 826 annual or quarterly members and sold 11,687 daily or weekly passes. Riders had logged a total of more than 81,000 miles ridden in 63,051 individual rides.

Stations

References

  • Davis, Bryan (July 20, 2015) "'Zyp' to be official brand of REV's BikeShare program." Birmingham Business Journal
  • Stein, Kelsey (April 1, 2016) "3 new bikeshare locations make it even easier to Zyp around Birmingham." The Birmingham News
  • Edgemon, Erin (October 10, 2016) "81,000 miles ridden during Zyp bikeshare's first year in Birmingham." The Birmingham News

External links

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