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My First Ride on Citi Bike Share

Susi // bike share, city cycling 101

On a recent weekend, I took a Citi Bike preview ride with a small group of cyclists who had volunteered for a photo shoot. The New York City Department of Transportation announced last week that the city’s newest public transit option, comprising 6,000 bikes [...]

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What to Do About Bike Share Helmets?

Susi // accessories, bike share

As friends and colleagues watch Citi Bike stations spring up on the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn and envision themselves astride the blue bikes, a common question is: What to do about bike share helmets? Current helmet-wearing cyclists who plan to add a Citi [...]

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Citi Bikes: The “Hummers” of Urban Cycling?

Susi // bike share

If Citi Bikes were cars, they’d be considered “fully loaded” since they’re factory-equipped with ride-ready essentials — lights, fenders, chain guard, bell and rack. They might also be likened to Hummers, according to one of the engineers involved with their design. That’s because the features [...]

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As a Bike Owner, Here’s Why I Joined Citi Bike

Susi // bike share

Like thousands of New Yorkers, I scooped up Citi Bike founding memberships for my husband and myself as soon as online registration opened on Monday morning. Surprised that a person who owns three bicycles and rides them regularly for transportation and sport would [...]

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Citi Bike Share Launch Gets Underway

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As surely as daffodil blooms signal the new season, last weekend’s sprouting of the first docking stations (no bikes yet), in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, heralded the roll-out of New York City’s long-awaited Citi Bike share. The Citi Bike share launch will give New Yorkers 24/7, [...]

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NYC Bike Share Delayed Another 2 Months by Storm

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Launch of NYC bike share will be delayed an additional two months next spring because of damage to stored equipment caused by Hurricane Sandy, the New York City Department of Transportation announced on Friday. Citi Bike sharing will now debut — in scaled back form [...]

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NYC Bike Share Delayed Until Spring 2013

Susi // bike share

The New York City Department of Transportation announced on Friday that launch of the bike sharing program known as Citi Bike, originally scheduled for this summer, will be delayed until March of next year. Continued work on the software that will run the system [...]

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true blue: citibank will be nyc bike share sponsor

Susi // bike share

With the announcement yesterday of Citigroup’s lead sponsorship — to the tune of $41 million over 5 years — bike sharing in NYC is on the map. Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out the details of the much-anticipated plan as the blue-painted ‘Citi Bikes,’ soon to [...]

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lots to admire in barcelona’s bike share system

Susi // bike share

On a brief stop-over in Barcelona on my trip to Spain last week I got a look at the popular Bicing bike sharing system that was introduced in 2007 with 1,500 bikes and now fields 6,000 at 420 stations. Naturally, I was dying to [...]

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taking capital bike share for a spin in washington

Susi // bike share

So high is our level of anticipation for New York City’s own bike share system that our discovery of a Capital Bike Share station a few blocks from the venue of the inaugural National Women Cycling Forum in Washington DC this week was the [...]

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