The Samsung Freecycle concept envisions a mobile/social system where bikes are connected to each other and riders wirelessly.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky  has teamed up with health care company Humana and Trek bicycles to bring bike sharing to Denver. Named B-cycle, the program has been tested and fine-tuned around the country, and should be up and running in Denver by the summer. The one-size-fits-all bikes are picked up and dropped off at a solar powered corral, and are most likely going to be free for the first half hour. Members pay for the additional time with a credit card or their B-cycle membership card.
[B-Cycle via Fast Company]

Anton Grimes’ entry into the Australian Design Awards competition is a smart twist on the increasingly popular bike sharing idea. He’s created a much more compact system for sharing electric scooters in urban areas.
Grimes explains his design:
The Link scooter system is designed as a modular transport solution that can be retrofitted to existing Streetscape Smart Poles. It allows users to hire a small lightweight electronic scooter from a hub and ride to the desired destination and then return the scooter to another hub, where it is recharged. The use of existing light poles reduces the cost of the unit and [...]