Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Judge Dismisses Brooklyn NIMBY Bike-Share Suit

By Brad Aaron | Mar 7, 2014 | 11 Comments

Bike-share NIMBYs have lost another lawsuit. Owners of 150 Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights claimed that the siting of a bike-share station on the sidewalk outside the building was “arbitrary and capricious,” according to court documents, and that DOT exceeded its authority in doing so. They dumped their garbage on the station for good measure. Judge […]

Council Members Say DOT Needs Funds for Vision Zero, Bike-Share Expansion

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2014 | 1 Comment

City Council members today expressed strong support for Vision Zero, bike-share expansion, and other safe streets initiatives, but it’s not clear how they will be funded. At a transportation committee budget hearing, council members heard from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the MTA, and DOT. Among other issues, reps from each agency were asked how […]

Study: Bike-Share Has Boosted the Share of Female Riders in Manhattan

By Stephen Miller | Feb 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

Bicycling in Manhattan has long been a male-dominated mode of transportation, but a new study says bike-share is helping improve the gender balance in the borough’s bike lanes. Another change since the blue bikes hit the streets last summer: Manhattan bike riders are far more likely to follow the rules of the road. The Hunter […]

Why TIME Magazine Got the Bixi Story Wrong

By Ben Fried | Jan 22, 2014 | No Comments

Major media have a habit of blowing bike-share problems out of proportion. Witness the 2009 BBC story that cast theft and vandalism as an existential threat to Velib in Paris. Five years later, Velib is still going strong. The most recent entry in the genre is Christopher Matthews’ misguided story on the Bixi bankruptcy in TIME. Headline: […]

Bixi Bankruptcy: What Does It Mean for American Bike-Share?

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2014 | 14 Comments

The Montreal-based equipment supplier for several American bike-share systems, including Citi Bike, filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday. It’s unclear exactly how the restructuring or sale of the company known as Bixi will play out, but the bankruptcy filing could accelerate the transition to more robust and reliable hardware and software for Citi Bike and other […]

DOT: Citi Bikes Are Nearly 30 Percent of Bicycle Traffic in Bike-Share Zone

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2013 | 10 Comments

This afternoon, DOT released a bunch of data about Citi Bike ridership that gives some new insight into how New Yorkers are using the system, which covers Manhattan below 60th Street and parts of Brooklyn. The Citi Bike data also informs a new estimate of how many bicyclists are on the street in this part […]

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