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New York Post Serving as Stenographers for Bike-Share Litigants [Updated]
Update: Streetsblog had a call in to FDNY about the Post story. After this post went up, we talked with spokesperson Frank Dwyer, who said: "We had no operational or response issues to this call. Period."
May 21, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Bike-Share Stations Come to Williamsburg
Citi Bike's rollout to Long Island City, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and eastern Bedford-Stuyvesant was delayed by damage from Hurricane Sandy. But it looks like bike-share will be establishing a toehold in Williamsburg, with new stations installed in time for the system's launch, now just one week away.
May 20, 2013
T-Minus 10 Days to Citi Bike Launch
The Rob Ford crack-smoking video is sucking the oxygen from every other bike-related story on this Bike to Work Day, but it looks like a good number of New Yorkers are keeping their eyes on the prize: Today is the last day to get a Citi Bike membership in time to ride on the day the system launches, May 27.
May 17, 2013
NYCHA Residents Can Now Sign Up for Discount Citi Bike Memberships
New York City Housing Authority tenants are now eligible to sign up for discounted Citi Bike memberships in a program that was first announced last month. Joining the service costs NYCHA residents $60 per year, $35 less than the standard price. All 29 NYCHA properties in the Citi Bike service area have at least one station a block away or closer.
May 16, 2013
City Council Members Joining Citi Bike: The Tally Grows
DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced bike-share's Memorial Day launch date at last week's budget hearing, but Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer had some news of his own: He had joined thousands of New Yorkers in becoming a Citi Bike member.
May 15, 2013
Bike-Share and the Mistake of Placing Too Much Stock in NIMBY Sentiment
The wisdom in Matt Flegenheimer's bike-share NIMBY opus comes across nicely in the kicker:
May 14, 2013
Citi Bikes Are Not Fixies, and Most People Will Be Happy With That
Daily News reporter Simone Weichselbaum likes her bikes light and fast. The self-proclaimed "proud bike snob who is rarely without her SE Draft steel-frame fixie" said in 2009 that "biking here can be a death sentence," and that bike lanes are "battle zones."
May 13, 2013
Vacca Looks to Squeeze $ From Bikes, But Won’t Touch the Price of Parking
The headline from today's City Council transportation committee oversight hearing was Janette Sadik-Khan's announcement that the official launch date for Citi Bike is Memorial Day. Meanwhile, for Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca, it was another occasion to flail at bikes and defend cheap parking under the guise of holding a budget hearing.
May 9, 2013