Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Citi Bike

Tuesday’s Headlines: Citi Bike’s Big News (Or is it?) Edition

By Streetsblog | Jul 16, 2019

The big story today will be Citi Bike's expansion announcement. So read all about that, plus all the other news in our daily headlines digest. Just click the headline above for all the news.

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

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

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

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams loved the e-Citi Bike when he used it last year — but his borough is suffering from a lack of equity from the bike share system. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 22 Comments

Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?

Citi Bike's popular e-bikes will be banned on the West Side Greenway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 14, 2019 | 21 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 | 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.

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