Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Blaze's "laserlight" projects the image of a bicycle about 20 feet ahead of the rider.

Nighttime Citi Bike Rides Are About to Get Brighter

By David Meyer | Jan 10, 2017 | 11 Comments

Motivate, the company that runs Citi Bike, will install extra-bright "laserlights" on 250 bikes. The lights project the image of a bicycle onto the pavement about 20 feet in front a rider.

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Study: D.C. Bike-Share Cut Neighborhood Congestion 4 Percent

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 9, 2017 | No Comments

Researchers have released new findings that suggest a more consistent traffic-reduction impact than previously thought.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, second from right, on a ride to inaugurate Pronto bike-share two years ago. Photo: Seattle Office of the Mayor

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Is Seattle’s Helmet Law Killing Its Bike-Share?

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 20, 2016 | No Comments

Bike-share in Seattle should be doing great, but it has floundered -- and a big reason may be the city's mandatory helmet law.

Covering every corner of NYC with bike-share stations may not pencil out, but this service area covering dense, walkable neighborhoods should be very achievable. Map: DCP [PDF]

The Bike-Share Map NYC Should Be Aiming For

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2016 | No Comments

The goal of providing good bike-share service to many more New Yorkers would be better served by adopting a more specific framework than five-borough bike-share, which would be expensive to build out and difficult to operate.

What Will It Take to Bring Bike-Share to Every Borough?

By David Meyer | Nov 28, 2016 | No Comments

City Council members want bike-share to expand into their neighborhoods in a five-borough network. Officials at DOT and bike-share operator Motivate share that vision, but they said at a hearing today that it won't come cheap.

From left: TA Executive Director Paul Steely White, Pratt Center Policy Director Elena Conte, Bed-Stuy Restoration Executive Vice President Tracey Capers, and City Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez. Photo: David Meyer

Envisioning a More Equitable Future for NYC’s Burgeoning Bike-Share

By David Meyer | Nov 18, 2016 | No Comments

While bike-share has become a viable and successful new way to get around NYC, it has yet to reach most of the city's low income neighborhoods and communities of color.

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