Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Ydanis Rodriguez has most of the City Council behind his campaign to move forward with a Citi Bike expansion. Photo: David Meyer

Rodriguez: Let’s Lock Down a Citi Bike Expansion Deal ASAP

By David Meyer | Jun 21, 2017 | 10 Comments

City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez is getting impatient. With the current phase of bike-share expansion set to wrap later this year, he's calling on City Hall and Citi Bike operator Motivate to seal the deal on a plan to bring bike-share to many more neighborhoods.

The block of W. 26th Street where Dan Hanegby was killed. Photo: Google Maps

TransAlt Calls for Protected Crosstown Bike Routes After Bus Driver Kills Dan Hanegby

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2017 | 28 Comments

Safe streets advocates have for years implored DOT to add east-west Manhattan bike lanes in the area where Hanegby was killed, but the city has failed to act.

Citi Bikes aren't performing that well. Photo: Adrian Nutter/Flickr

City Hall and Motivate in Talks to Expand Citi Bike to the Bronx and Staten Island

By David Meyer | May 18, 2017 | 27 Comments

Bike-share operator Motivate is in talks with the city to increase the bicycles in its system by another 50 percent after the current round of expansion wraps up this year, including stations in the Bronx and Staten Island. City Hall would not contribute funds but would grant Motivate more favorable terms in its contract with the city.

Portland — And Soon, Detroit — Bring Bike-Share to People With Disabilities

By Stephen Miller | May 11, 2017 | No Comments

Riding a bicycle is too often thought of as an activity that's off-limits for many disabled people. And that has continued to be the case with the bike-share systems getting off the ground in several American cities, which provide standard bicycles meant for the able-bodied. But that's starting to change, thanks to a yearlong effort in Portland that's the first of its kind in the United States.

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