Members had to register at the website once. After paying their $ 5 membership fee (including the first trip) they were able to pick up a membership at a hub tag and were ready to go. Additional journeys were a gold coin donation.
Members were allowed to return the bikes at a different hub were the got them. Trips were registered real time and on-line in the common bike internet back office.
Common Bike has been successful in starting discussion and sparking interest in Bike sharing. Common Bike has had over 150,000 hits on the website in one month. The pilot itself attracted 250 members.