Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Sadik-Khan: Bike-Share GPS Data Will Help Plan NYC Bike Network

By Noah Kazis | Jan 12, 2012 | 20 Comments

Here’s one more reason to get excited about the launch of bike-share later this year: the reams of data generated by the GPS units located in every public bicycle. The Department of Transportation will use that data to inform their bike lane planning, commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan revealed last night. “It’s going to be amazing to […]

Boston to Expand Hubway Bike-Share After Brilliant First Season

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 30, 2011 | No Comments

It’s logged more than 140,000 rides over just four months. And now Boston’s brand new Hubway bike sharing system is packing it in for the cold New England winter. When it returns in the spring, Hubway will be expanding, adding stations in Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline. In total, the four-month-old bike sharing system will add […]

Manhattan CB 2 Passes Unanimous Resolution in Favor of Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2011 | 4 Comments

Earlier this month NYC DOT set off on a bike-share information tour, giving an introduction to the city’s plans for a public bike-sharing system to every community board in the proposed service area. Bike-share plans got an enthusiastic reception from the Manhattan CB2 Transportation Committee. And it turns out that the full board backs the […]

Latest Q-Poll: Bike-Share Even More Popular Than Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

After a series of polls showing big majorities of New Yorkers favor expanding the city’s bike lane network, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute has turned its attention to a wider range of bike issues. It turns out that with 58 percent support, bike lanes aren’t even the most popular bike program the city is undertaking. […]

Bike-Share Presentations Continue at CBs This Week, Beginning Tonight

By Noah Kazis | Oct 18, 2011 | No Comments

With two stops in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan, the Department of Transportation this week continues its tour of community boards to present plans for city bike-share. In last week’s presentation to Manhattan Community Board 2, DOT officials provided new details on the proposed boundaries for the bike-share system, its cost structure, siting criteria and […]

CB 2 Committee Voices Support for Bike-Sharing as System Details Emerge

By Noah Kazis | Oct 12, 2011 | 28 Comments

Committing to a “very intensive participatory planning process,” top DOT officials provided a wealth of detail about the city’s plans for bike-sharing at a meeting of Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee last night. Members of the board and local residents in attendance voiced strong support for the initiative. When DOT selected Alta Bikeshare as […]

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