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The Bike-Share Map: It’s Real, It’s Big, and It’s Only Going to Get Bigger
Putting 420 big blue dots on a map of New York really crystallizes what had been abstract so far: Bike-share is going to blanket the core of the city. If you live, work, study, or socialize in Manhattan below 60th Street or northwest Brooklyn, there's going to be a station within a few blocks of your apartment, your office, your subway stop, your favorite cafe or that out-of-the-way gallery you've been meaning to check out.
May 11, 2012
Bike-Share Is for Short Trips, Not Four-Hour Jaunts
One of the stranger threads to come out of yesterday's announcement that Citigroup will sponsor NYC bike-share is the complaint that it will cost a lot to take long rides on the system. The usually bike-savvy Gothamist ran the headline "CitiBike, NYC's Bike Share, Will Cost $77 For A Four-Hour Ride," and bike-commuting Reuters blogger Felix Salmon posted charts showing the expense of taking out Citi Bikes for two hours or 24 hours at a time. (Gothamist doubled down today, posting one of Salmon's graphs.)
May 8, 2012
Quinn: Bike-Share Will Give NYers “Healthy, Green Way to Navigate the City”
Looks like Streetsblog readers and corporate CEOs aren't the only ones excited about bike-share. After today's big announcement, which included not only the branding of bike-share but also new details about the pricing and rollout of the program, the glowing reactions started to pour into our inbox. Here's what we're hearing:
May 7, 2012
Citigroup to Sponsor NYC Bike-Share at $41 Million Over Five Years
The largest bike-share system in North America will be sponsored by one of the world's largest financial institutions. At City Hall today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $41 million, five-year sponsorship arrangement with Citigroup that will fund most of the cost of implementing NYC's bike-share network. The system will go by the name "Citi Bike," and its distinctive blue bikes will be available in late July, with the full 10,000-bike, 600-station network in place by spring 2013.
May 7, 2012
Citi Bikes It Is: Citi to Sponsor New York Bike-Share
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.
May 7, 2012
Bike-Share Sponsor Announcement Coming Up Later This Morning
From the mayor's press schedule:
May 7, 2012
Pricing Details Start to Solidify For July Bike-Share Launch
The general shape of the pricing scheme for New York's bike-share system -- an annual membership cheaper than a monthly Metrocard, according to the early buzz from DOT -- has been floating out there for a while. Now, with the system set to go live in July, the details are starting to get nailed down.
May 1, 2012
Hoboken 2012: Bike Lanes Everywhere, Cycle Track and Bike-Share to Follow
By the end of this year, it's going to be very, very easy to bike around Hoboken.
April 25, 2012
Bike-Share Is Going to Be Huge at NYC Transit Hubs
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.
April 20, 2012