Despite the repeated requests by people for more BIXI stations, there doesn't seem to be a lot of political movement in expanding BIXI Toronto right now. While BIXI Toronto is expected to be financially self-sustaining, it does need access to funds to expand. In answer to that yours truly, in conjunction with the Toronto Cyclists Union and The Urban Country, have launched a web tool for collecting your BIXI Toronto "wishlist" stations. wewantmorebixi.to allows you to add your suggested Bixi station locations to a map. You can also vote on existing suggestions made by other people.
We will keep BIXI Toronto informed of the popular spots as well as use the results as part of the Bike Union's campaign to increase the number of BIXI stations up from 1000 currently. There are no firm plans as far as we know for any major expansion, but hope springs eternal. And we do hope that we can make a dent into the car-centric mind of City Council which has so far been mostly unable to see how supporting cycling infrastructure saves us bundles of money in the long run. There is no more road capacity; we'll have to increasing rely on bikes, transit and walking if we want to move around.
Keep in mind that before BIXI Toronto was launched the launch number was pegged at 3000 bikes, like Montreal. That number was whittled down 1000 for lack of political will. We believe that we've already established that BIXI Toronto has been popular and a success, and that they'll meet their business plan. We think it's time to start expanding.
wewantmorebixi.to has already collected almost 100 suggested stations.
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