| Having a BMW Z3 definitely has its benefits, getting | | | | at Storefront. |
| to and from another place is easier, and with style. | | | | And three, The Charette: The Forum For Urban |
| Sure there's maintenance of the cars and its BMW Z3 | | | | Design will facilitate a public imagining of a future |
| parts to take care of, but it comes with owning any | | | | bike-share program in New York. Design and |
| car and you're more than willing to do it if it means | | | | transportation experts will make public presentations |
| getting to travel in comfort and ease. | | | | on July 9 and 10 at 6pm. Final charette results will be |
| But, with the surging gas prices, have you ever | | | | published on nybikeshare.org and presented to the |
| thought of using an alternative mode of | | | | public on July 11 at 6pm. |
| transportation? | | | | The NY Bike Share Project is produced by The |
| How about using a bicycle? A public bicycle that is - | | | | Forum for Urban Design and Storefront for Art and |
| one that with a cellphone call or swipe of a card, you | | | | Architecture. |
| can unlock from its bike rack and ride it across town. | | | | About The Forum for Urban Design |
| And once you reach your destination, all you have to | | | | The Forum For Urban Design is a New York-based |
| do it steer it to the closest bike rack and, with one | | | | membership organization of leading practitioners in the |
| more call or card swipe, return the bike to the public | | | | fields of architecture, planning, development, city |
| network. All this for a fee of less than $.50 for the | | | | government and design journalism. The New York |
| trip. | | | | Bike-Share Project is The Forum's first annual |
| "Bike-sharing" systems like this are already in active | | | | Summer Charette. |
| use in cities across Europe, with Paris alone currently | | | | About the Storefront For Art and Architecture |
| installing over 10,000 bikes at 750 stations. Not only | | | | Founded in 1982, Storefront for Art and Architecture |
| do bike-sharing help make a greener city, more so it | | | | is a not for profit organization committed to |
| is revolutionizing transportation networks. | | | | advancing innovative positions in art, architecture and |
| And now New York wants to give this system a try | | | | design. Standing at the forefront of local, national and |
| with the New York Bike-Share Project. | | | | international design communities, Storefront explores |
| According to the project's website, The New York | | | | vital issues in art and architecture to increase public |
| Bike-Share Project consists of three parts: One, The | | | | awareness and interest in the built environment and |
| Experiment: Twenty bicycles will be available for free | | | | urban issues. Over the past 25 years Storefront has |
| 30-minute rentals between Storefront for Art and | | | | exhibited the work of more than a thousand |
| Architecture (97 Kenmare Street) and a roving, | | | | architects and artists, including Vito Acconci, Peter |
| remote location. | | | | Cook, Coop Himmelblau, Diller + Scofidio, Steven Holl, |
| Two, The Exhibition: A review of eight successful | | | | Yves Klein, Kiki Smith, Lebbeus Woods, Dan Graham, |
| bike-share programs in European cities will be on view | | | | Lewis Tsuramaki Lewis, and Petra Blaisse. |