Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

When Citi Bike unveiled its electric bikes, the world was overjoyed. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Lyft Still Insists E-Citi Bikes Will Be Back By Fall

By Dave Colon | Nov 12, 2019 | No Comments

What are we, chopped liver?

Last year, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg rode Citi Bikes to herald a coming expansion. Well, planning is finally underway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Citi Bike Ridership Hits New Record — So When Will the City Subsidize This Vital Form of Transit?

By Dave Colon | Sep 17, 2019 | 24 Comments

Over 19 million people rode the big blue bikes between July 2018 and June 2019, an increase of 11 percent.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg showed off the new 2023 map for Citi Bike on Tuesday in the Bronx. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BREAKING: Citi Bike Expansion Revealed — And It’s a Slow Rollout

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2019 | 34 Comments

Some neighborhoods won't get Citi Bike until 2023 — and some won't get it at all (sorry, Bay Ridge).

Citi Bike's electric fleet will not return until the fall at the earliest. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EXCLUSIVE: Electric Citi Bikes — Grounded in April — Won’t Return Until After Sept. 21

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 13, 2019 | 38 Comments

It's the fall of Citi Bike. One month after the Lyft-owned company grounded all of its 1,000 pedal-assist electric bicycles due to brake problems, Citi Bike now says the popular speedsters will return in the autumn.

JUMP and Lime bikes on Staten Island. Photo: NYC DOT

Staten Island Gets More Dockless Bike-Share — But Not Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Apr 22, 2019 | 3 Comments

It's a bit weird, considering that Staten Island does not have a single street with a protected bike lane on it.

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