Bike Sharing

Today’s Bike-Share Headlines

Happy Memorial Day, Streetsblog readers. Citi Bike goes live at 11:00 a.m. You better believe we'll have coverage throughout the day.

By Stephen Miller

8:38 AM EDT on May 27, 2013

As Citi Bike Passes Member Number 17,500, a Look at How It Fits Into Bloomberg Legacy (NYT)
Want to Learn Bike-Share Basics? The Times, WSJ, and WNYC Have Got You Covered
Pete Donohue: NYC Survived 9/11 and Sandy, “I Think We’ll Be Okay” With Bike-Share (News)
Bike-Share Quieted the Skeptics in London, And It Will in New York, Too (Guardian)
Citi Bike Opens Union Square Key Fob Pick-Up Location (Twitter) for Those Delayed In Mail (Gothamist)
Nicole Gelinas Talks Bike-Share, With Emphasis on Safety Around Trucks (YouTube)
No Successful Bike-Share Requires Helmets, So of Course the Post Wants Them Required for Citi Bike
Daily News Wants “Bikestat” Data But Is Silent When It Comes to What’s Actually Killing New Yorkers
After Working With DOT on Planning Process, CB Chairs Johnson, Gruber Slam Bike-Share Sites (V’ger)
At Art Protest, Sean Sweeney Says Paris Wouldn’t Put Bike-Share by the Louvre, Except They Did (Post)
Have No Fear, “Doctor” Frank Arroyo, Bike-Share Will Boost Bicycle Sales (Post)
The New York Post: The Official Wet Blanket of NYC
Brooklyn Paper Reporters Have Never Met an Anti-Bike Crank They Won’t Build a Story Around (1, 2)
NIMBY Lawyer Jeffrey Barr Resorts to Dog Pee as Reason to Oppose Bike-Share (News)
Observer on NIMBYs: “We Just Hope That These People Don’t Catch Wind of How Dangerous Cars Are”

Happy Memorial Day, Streetsblog readers. Citi Bike goes live at 11:00 a.m. You better believe we’ll have coverage throughout the day.

Stephen Miller

In spring 2017, Stephen wrote for Streetsblog USA, covering the livable streets movement and transportation policy developments around the nation. From August 2012 to October 2015, he was a reporter for Streetsblog NYC, covering livable streets and transportation issues in the city and the region. After joining Streetsblog, he covered the tail end of the Bloomberg administration and the launch of Citi Bike. Since then, he covered mayoral elections, the de Blasio administration's ongoing Vision Zero campaign, and New York City's ever-evolving street safety and livable streets movements.

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