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Bikestation partners with city governments, developers, or nonprofits to design, build, and manage bike transit centers to make bicycling more convenient, safe and accessible. If you have never seen one — these places are pretty impressive — locations offer indoor secure digital storage for bikes, a service area for repairs, clean bathrooms with showers and lockers — it's like a mini bike spa. You'll find these are generally located at transportation hubs where commuters most need them. For a full list of locations see Bikestation's website.

While on vacation in Europe, founder, John Case, was struck by how bicycle-friendly the city was and how the infrastructure really enabled bike commuting and alternative transportation. He started thinking about what it would take to shift US culture to make bicycling a common and feasible form of transportation for people. After returning to the states he researched what was done in other countries and realized that the key was creating infrastructure that promoted the use of bike transit. Case also identified that the key obstacles to bike transit for people were inconvenience and fear of theft.