Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Citi Bike

San Francisco will get its version of Citi Bike's popular e-bike before we do. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

UPDATE: San Francisco E-Bike Fleet Will Be Restored Months Before NYC

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 14, 2019 | 20 Comments

Lyft will restore e-bike service for its bike-share customers in San Francisco at least three months before the same bikes return to the streets of New York City.

People (including former Motivate CEO Jay Walder, far right, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams behind him) are using Citi Bike in increasing numbers, despite a repair crisis last fall and an e-bike breakdown this year. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Cycling in the City: Citi Bike on the Rise; Bridge Crossings Falling

By David Meyer | May 14, 2019 | 16 Comments

Citi Bike's daily ridership increased by 7.8 percent last year, according to DOT's just-released "Cycling in the City" report — an increase that came even though Citi Bike did not expand its coverage footprint and the system experienced a two-month repair crisis that reduced the fleet almost in half.

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 | 34 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.

Op-Ed: Rise of the Micro-Machines — How We Take Back the Streets

By Jessie Singer/Transportation Alternatives | May 10, 2019 | 16 Comments

In a sneak-peak at the new issue of Reclaim, the in-house magazine of Transportation Alternatives, writer Jessie Singer brings us up to speed on e-bikes, e-scooters and the mayor's poorly reasoned crackdown.

Anatomy of a Debacle: Uber Threw Lyft-Owned Citi Bike Under the Bus

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 17, 2019 | 20 Comments

A repair crisis reveals the shortcomings of two of America's biggest transportation companies — and the government that's supposed to keep us safe.

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