Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Who Will Be the Next City Council Member to Subscribe to Citi Bike?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

Steve Levin is the second council member to announce his Citi Bike membership. He is one of over 5,000 people to sign up for bike-share since memberships went on sale Monday. With Brad Lander signing up earlier in the week, Brooklyn council members lead Manhattan 2-0. Who will be the first Manhattan rep to join?

Eyes on the Street: Bike-Share Takes Manhattan

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2013 | 13 Comments

Citi Bike station installations began in Bed Stuy about ten days ago, working west through Fort Greene and Downtown Brooklyn. Now, with about 60 stations installed, bike-share has crossed the East River, the Citi Bike Twitter feed informs us that the system’s first Manhattan installation has gone in at Cliff Street and Fulton Street in the […]

Who Will Be the Second City Council Member to Sign Up for Bike-Share?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 16, 2013 | 10 Comments

While current and former City Council transportation chairs James Vacca and John Liu reacted to bike-share with paranoia and fear, at least one council member was breaking out the credit card: Brooklyn’s Brad Lander posted this tweet after signing up for a Citi Bike subscription yesterday. Any of Lander’s colleagues have a lower membership number than […]

More Than 4,000 People Subscribed to NYC Bike-Share in First 24 Hours

By Ben Fried | Apr 16, 2013 | 16 Comments

It looks like demand for bike-share in New York is going to be intense. In the first 24 hours of membership sales, more than 4,000 people signed up for annual Citi Bike subscriptions, according to NYC DOT. Comparing the first wave of subscriptions in NYC to other bike-share cities is tough, since the Citi Bike service […]

Sadik-Khan, Wolfson Invite New Yorkers to Sign Up for Bike-Share

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2013 | 40 Comments

In 2009, the Department of City Planning released an ambitious blueprint for bike-share in New York, and in 2011, the Department of Transportation began an extensive public process to site actual bike-share stations. Now the planning is giving way to implementation, with North America’s largest year-round bike-share system set to launch in May. Today, Transportation Commissioner Janette […]

You Can Now Subscribe to Citi Bike

By Ben Fried | Apr 15, 2013 | 62 Comments

A big announcement is coming later this morning, but the news is all over Twitter: You can now buy a Citi Bike annual membership. Citi Bike membership registration is OPEN! Just signed up for my @citibikenyc key. Here’s the link > ow.ly/k4lZK #bikenyc — susi wunsch (@velojoy) April 15, 2013 An annual subscription is $95 […]

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