NYC bike share starts tomorrow

[PamNY]

News story about bike "shops" being hurt by competition from Citibike. I put shop in quotes because I'm not sure all the rental operations around Central Park come from a legitimate bike store.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2013...for-citi-bikes

I am surprised at how many tourists seem to be using Citibikes (this is anecdata based on me observing people and deciding they look like tourists). Maybe they just pay the overtime fees? I cannot imagine that a bike ride broken into thirty-minute chunks, which you'd have to do to avoid overtime charges, is much fun.

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

[tulip]

News story about bike "shops" being hurt by competition from Citibike. I put shop in quotes because I'm not sure all the rental operations around Central Park come from a legitimate bike store.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2013...for-citi-bikes

I am surprised at how many tourists seem to be using Citibikes (this is anecdata based on me observing people and deciding they look like tourists). Maybe they just pay the overtime fees? I cannot imagine that a bike ride broken into thirty-minute chunks, which you'd have to do to avoid overtime charges, is much fun.

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.

Ongoing now: http://mobilitylab.org/2013/06/20/ne...f-the-station/

[rebeccaC]

Ongoing now: http://mobilitylab.org/2013/06/20/ne...f-the-station/

I WANNA do that!!!!!!!...is there a link in the article to the blog that i'm not seeing

Sounds like a great trip, enjoy!

[tulip]

I WANNA do that!!!!!!!...is there a link in the article to the blog that i'm not seeing

Sounds like a great trip, enjoy!

It'll be updated throughout the summer. Not sure of the schedule.

[rebeccaC]

It'll be updated throughout the summer. Not sure of the schedule.

I’m assuming from your reply your ‘European Vacation – Project Bikeshare’ will be articles on the Mobility Lab site and not on a separate blog site? I bookmarked the Mobility site, a good site to read, thanks. You might find mo-bility an interesting concept from Green City e.V. and others in Munich.

http://vimeo.com/lunareurope/httpwwwmo-bilitycom

It will be interesting to read what you think of the infrastructure and use around Europe. I really am envious of the trip!!!

[PamNY]

Today I was running errands around 5 pm when I saw several people either carrying or wearing a bike helmet -- with no bike. Seemed a bit odd until I realized I was close to a large Citibike station, and these were bikesharing commuters ready to head home.

I live in the financial district -- surrounded by large office buildings. The racks in my area are almost empty at night -- clearly lots of people are commuting on Citibikes.

[PamNY]

Update on NYC bike sharing, with predictable problems of availability.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/ny...l?ref=nyregion