Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

The Bike Share Criticism Challenge

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Cross-posted from Brooklyn Spoke If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen a few of my rather straightforward tweets in which I repeat some of the main criticisms of bike-share offered by NIMBYs as they fight tooth and nail to move Citi Bike stations from their blocks. These tweets are typically followed by pictures […]

Vacca Looks to Squeeze $ From Bikes, But Won’t Touch the Price of Parking

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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. Sadik-Khan kicked off the hearing […]

Sadik-Khan: NYC Bike-Share Will Launch May 27

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At city council hearing, DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan announces that Citi Bike will launch on May 27. — Streetsblog New York (@StreetsblogNYC) May 9, 2013   It’s official. America’s largest public bike system will launch Monday, May 27, DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced at a City Council transportation committee hearing this morning. According to the Citi […]