Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

As Jersey City and Hoboken Fight Over Bike-Share, Everyone Loses

By David Meyer | Apr 19, 2016 | 58 Comments

A dispute between Hoboken and Jersey City is making the decision to operate separate bike-share systems in each city look even worse. In late 2013, the two cities — along with neighboring Weehawken — announced plans for a combined bike-share system, called Hudson Bike Share. At first Hudson Bike Share was envisioned as a “smart lock” system that allows […]

Citi Bike Will Expand Uptown With Its Too-Sparse Station Network

By David Meyer | Apr 14, 2016 | 13 Comments

The good news: Citi Bike is expanding up to 130th Street later this year. The bad news: Stations in Morningside, Harlem, and East Harlem are going to be more spread out than the bike-share network below 59th Street. As with last year’s additions to the bike-share network, the longer walking distances between stations will make these expansions less convenient for Citi Bike […]

Will Citi Bike Riders Get a More Convenient Network for Their Higher Fares?

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2016 | 14 Comments

You thought you were going to get a @CitiBikeNYC ? On the #upperwestside? At 9am? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA pic.twitter.com/h9y9IwhTqQ — Kate Hinds (@katehinds) March 10, 2016 Last week, the price of a Citi Bike annual membership rose from $149 to $155. It’s still a good deal for people who make more than a few bike-share trips per month, but […]

Citi Bike Announces 4 Percent Increase in Annual Membership Fee

By David Meyer | Feb 9, 2016 | 6 Comments

Citi Bike announced today that it will increase the cost of annual membership from $149 to $155, or 4 percent, effective March 1. The $60 annual fee for NYCHA residents will not change, nor will the option to pay for annual membership in monthly installments of $14.95. In an email to members, Citi Bike emphasized that annual […]

Bike-Share Open Data Standard Clears the Way for Better Trip Planning Apps

By Ben Fried | Nov 25, 2015 | 1 Comment

It’s about to get easier to plan trips that include bike-share. Yesterday, the North American Bikeshare Association, a trade group representing transportation agencies and private firms involved in operating bike-share systems, announced that it is adopting an open data standard. NABSA includes Motivate, the company that operates Citi Bike, Divvy, Bay Area Bike Share, and several […]

The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike

By Ben Fried | Oct 19, 2015 | 42 Comments

DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system. Spread-out stations are a problem for bike-share users because people have to walk farther to make trips, and that costs time. The National Association of City Transportation Officials recommends 28 stations per square mile — and […]

Show More Stories