Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Eyes on the Street: A Bike-Share Station With Bikes in It

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2013 | 34 Comments

Over the weekend, @KyleGiunta posted this tantalizing photo of a Citi Bike station with bikes in it on Front Street in DUMBO. The bikes were docked for a photo shoot, not the imminent launch of the system (installations have reached as far up as the NYU area, the last we checked — still a lot […]

The Embarrassing Laziness of Ginia Bellafante’s Bike-Share Kvetchfest

By Ben Fried | Apr 29, 2013 | 31 Comments

I wish I could say I was surprised that the Times published Ginia Bellafante’s collection of stereotypes and gripes about bike-share in the Sunday edition. But it’s exactly the kind of shallow kvetchfest I’ve come to expect when the Times tries to encapsulate the state of bike-related public policy. Mostly I’m just embarrassed, as a New Yorker […]

Scenes From Last Night’s Bike-Share Forum in Fort Greene

By Stephen Miller | Apr 25, 2013 | 28 Comments

Last night, Council Member Tish James held a public forum after receiving complaints about bike-share stations in her district, covering Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. The event, held inside Sacred Heart Church on Clermont Avenue, attracted an audience of about 100, with a small majority there to show support for bike-share. For two hours, residents expressed […]

Last-Minute Venue Change for Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Bike-Share Meeting

By Ben Fried | Apr 24, 2013 | 15 Comments

This just in: Council Member Tish James has moved the location of tonight’s neighborhood forum about bike-share. The meeting starts at 6:30 and the new location is: Sacred Heart Church, 30 Clermont Avenue between Flushing and Park.

Bike-Share Works Just Fine in Historic London, Boston, and DC Neighborhoods

By Stephen Miller | Apr 24, 2013 | 11 Comments

While polls have shown that upwards of 70 percent of New Yorkers support bike-share and DOT engaged in a multi-year public process for station siting, a vocal minority in Fort Greene is objecting to public bike stations in the landmarked district. At least one extremist has gone so far as to tar newly-installed stations with wheatpaste posters decrying the Citibank-sponsored kiosks. In response […]

Eyes on the Street: Fresh Stripes in the South Slope

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2013 | 2 Comments

Over the weekend, crews finished striping new bike routes on 14th Street and 15th Street in Brooklyn, creating a safer east-west connection between Prospect Park West and Third Avenue on the southern end of Park Slope. These are painted, unprotected lanes, except for the westbound stretch between PPW and Eighth Avenue, which is sharrows. Reader […]

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