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Bike Share

With AFP Story by Brigitte DUSSEAU: US-Transport-Bicycle-Share-CitiBike A couple get their Citi Bike bicycles from a station near Union Square as the bike sharing system is launched May 27, 2013 in New York. About 330 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn will have thousands of bicycles for rent. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA

Still No Deaths on Citi Bike, 2.5 Years In

No one has died on a Citi Bike after 31 months. In fact, its contributions to overall ridership may be keeping all cyclists safer.
By Brady Dale
City elected officials including city council member Ben Kallos arrive at the Broadway bikshare station.

Citi Bike Stations Open On Upper East and Upper West Sides

Citi Bike expands with Upper East Side and Upper West Side bikshare locations
By Morgan Halberg
The expansion map.

Citi Bike to Pay New York $5 M. Annually for Parking, Not Much Else at the Moment

Citi Bike will pay the city $5 million a year for lost parking revenue—the only revenue the city is likely to see for a while.
By Kim Velsey
Something else Related now owns. (Amanda Cohen/the Observer)

Big Blue Bike Buy: Investors Acquire Citi Bike, Take the Rest of Alta, Too

By Kim Velsey
Bike share. (Amanda Cohen/the Observer.)

Time to Make Citi Bike a Real Part of New York’s Transit Infrastructure?

By Kim Velsey
Congressman Joseph Crowley pitches his new bill (Twitter: Joseph Crowley).

Joe Crowley: Extend Commuter Tax Benefits to CitiBike

By Will Bredderman
Bikes! (Amanda Cohen, the Observer)

Would a REQX Deal Be Good for Citi Bike?

By Kim Velsey

A Bumpy Ride: The Year in Citi Bike Headlines

By Dashel Pierson
Time to vroom vroom.

It’s Electric! Portable Motors Proposed for Citi Bikes

By Sage Lazzaro
Citi Bikes get complaints from lovers and haters alike. (Photo by: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

Citi Bikes: When You’re an Angry New Yorker, You Either Hate ’em… Or You Hate ’em

By Leah Li
One man painted his Citi Bike purple to get six weeks of use out of it.

Unanticipated Bike-Share FAQs

By Jon Methven
Not okay. (duckumu, twitter)

Stay Classy, Brooklyn Heights: Residents Stage Puerile, Trashy Attack On Bike Share

By Kim Velsey

Just Buy a Bike!

By The Editors
The rain interfered with Anthony Weiner's plans to bike to his first debate.

Wet Weather Wrecks Anthony Weiner’s Bike Share Plans

By Jill Colvin
Anger

Will Citi Bikes Be Even More Reviled Than Their Racks? Is That Even Possible?

By Kim Velsey

DOT Was Just Kidding About That 260lb Weight Limit for Citi Bikes

By Nicola Pring

New Yorkers Are Really, Really Excited About Bike Sharing

By Anna Silman
A bike share station at the Navy Yards, in sunnier days. (Brooklyn Spoke)

Sandy Gears: Despite Hurricane Damage, DOT Says Bike Share Will Launch In May

By Matt Chaban
Beep beep. (Sam Sifton/Instagram)

If Only We Had Bike Share Right Now, and the Uselessness of Google Maps When the Subway’s Shut Down

By Matt Chaban
Rollin', rollin', keep those bikes a rollin'... (Edward Reed/Mayor's Office)

Flat Tire! Mayor Bloomberg Says Citi Bike Share Program Will Not Launch Until Spring, Blames Software [Update: Launching in March]

By Matt Chaban

Thanks a Lot, Technology: Citi Bike Sharing Delays Blamed on Software Issues

By Kelly Faircloth
Watch your head. (Edward Reed/Mayor's Office)

Two-Wheeled Trouble: Is the Helmet Law Just a Covert Attack on New York’s Bike Share Program?

By Matt Chaban
(Google Maps/NYC DOT)

Will One of Those 10,000 Citi Bikes Be on Your Block? DOT Unveils Preliminary Bike Share Map

By Matt Chaban

Like Dear Old Dad, Fox 5’s Greg Kelly Is No Fan of Bikes

By Matt Chaban
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