Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Citi Bikes It Is: Citi to Sponsor New York Bike-Share

By Brad Aaron | | 18 Comments
Banking giant Citi will be the primary sponsor of New York’s bike-share system, set to launch this summer with 600 stations and 10,000 bikes in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Mayor Bloomberg and NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan made the announcement a short while ago at City Hall, where bikes and a logo-adorned station are temporarily on […]

Bike-Share Is Going to Be Huge at NYC Transit Hubs

By Noah Kazis | | 36 Comments
The Department of Transportation is currently going around to community boards and presenting preliminary maps of bike-share locations. While the map for the full service area isn’t finished yet, the details that have come out so far are pretty exciting. One of the big questions we had about station siting concerned the bike-transit connection. Namely, […]

Prepping for July Bike-Share Launch, DOT Shows Prelim Station Sites to CB 3

By Ben Fried | | 11 Comments
After several months of public meetings and online feedback on bike-share station siting, NYC DOT is beginning to tour community boards with preliminary station maps in preparation for launching North America’s most expansive bike-share system this July. Yesterday evening, NYC DOT Policy Director Jon Orcutt walked the transportation and public safety committee of Manhattan Community […]
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