Philadelphia-based CityRyde LLC (est. 2007) is a defined, trusted and influential name in the bike share movement who boasts a team of credible leaders and subject matter experts well connected to key thought leaders in sustainable transportation worldwide. Since 2007 CityRyde has traveled the globe testing, analyzing and comparing the most prominent bike share programs. They boast an expert understanding of the bike share implementation life-cycle, as well as a leading-edge software application for bike share operators code named Oyster.
This revolutionary information management system sits on top of bike share operator’s existing back-end to greatly enhance its functionality and to reduce liability. Oyster was developed on the ideal of preventative maintenance, allowing staff to fix a fleet vehicle problem before it occurs. It is the only software that can meticulously track, monitor, verify and monetize carbon credits from bike share operations allowing for a new and reliable source of revenue. Only through Oyster and it’s accompanying bike share carbon offset methodology will a new bike share carbon offset “transport” credit be brought into the voluntary market and sold at a premium.
Oyster enables sustainable transportation models like bike sharing to exist in places never thought possible because it focuses on what’s important – the bottom line. Bike share enthusiasts, advocates and business acumen alike know all too well that funding a bike share program is a recurring barrier to entry. Creating an additional revenue stream through the sale of carbon offset credits via Oyster will help alleviate such a financial burden, and make bike sharing in most any deployment environment that much more realistic.
The combination of fleet management, preventative maintenance and carbon credit verification that this software provides is unprecedented and the current gold standard in the world of sustainable transportation. Oyster is a truly unique tool that provides an unparalleled value proposition to bike share vendors world-wide; regardless of their language or business model.
Contact one of CityRyde’s Experts at info@cityryde.com or +1.215.475.5224 to learn how a bike share operation can grow when it is powered by Oyster… for e.g., $1.1 million additional dollars per year in carbon offset sales through a bike share program such as the ‘Velib’ in Paris.
