Tag: Bike-Share
In the first major victory for the whiners in their ongoing, inexplicable battle against bike share, a group of West Village residents have convinced the Department of Transportation to move a docking station that was originally positioned in front of their co-op building. DOT workers moved the station from the southeast corner of Barrow and […]
Those who are looking forward to the launch of New York’s bike share program finally have a date to start counting down to. Though the Department of Transportation is only officially saying the program will begin sometime this month, a source within the Citi Bike organization told Crain’s it will launch Memorial Day weekend, about two and […]
If you’re a cyclist resident of a neighborhood that won’t be serviced by the city’s new bike share program, it’s hard not to feel a little slighted and hope the project’s territory will eventually expand. Stations will cover all of Manhattan below 59th street, a large swath of northwest Brooklyn, and Long Island City in […]
Some residents of NYC’s “historic districts” are unhappy with CitiBike, NYC’s otherwise very exciting and eco-friendly Bike Share program. The much-anticipated CitiBike stations have only just begun popping up around the city, and residents of neighborhoods like TriBeCa, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill have already decided that they’re ugly and THEY HATE THEM. In attempt to remove these […]
It’s tempting to believe that everyone is jazzed up about New York’s long awaited CitiBike bicycle share program, but at least one old man is out to prove that’s not the case. 68-year-old Jacques Capsouto, proprietor of Tribeca’s popular Capsouto Freres bistro, believes the program will take parking away across the street from his Washington Street restaurant […]
Today marks the beginning of registration for New York City’s long-awaited Citi Bike bicycle share program, which will gives New Yorkers access to a fleet of two-wheeled transportation stations across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Prices are pretty reasonable: for $9.95, you get access to a bike for a day; for $25.00, a week; for $95.00, a […]
