http://urbanvelo.org/citibike-bike-share-look-released-in-new-york/ Bicycle culture on the skids. Fri, 24 May 2013 21:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://urbanvelo.org/citibike-bike-share-look-released-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-91350 Billy O' Thu, 10 May 2012 16:11:21 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=30465#comment-91350 Last week, having taken a train out of New Haven, with my eventual destination of Long Island, I would have rented a bike just to hustle myself from Grand Central to Penn Station.

]]> http://urbanvelo.org/citibike-bike-share-look-released-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-91349 MageSTYK Thu, 10 May 2012 15:51:54 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=30465#comment-91349 Anyone who live on NYC and rent this is an idiot. Just use the money and buy a bike on craiglist. However, I guess if you a tourist then this would be the way to roll I suppose.

]]> http://urbanvelo.org/citibike-bike-share-look-released-in-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-91348 jorge Thu, 10 May 2012 15:49:58 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=30465#comment-91348 Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) the whole way this particular bike share program is structured only reinforces the need to purchase one’s own bike, and use a bike on a regular basis, rather than every once in a while. Will Citi ask me to bail them out if I get a flat tire? Hahahaha!!!!! Seriously though, for a successful, non-commercial bike share program that works, look to Montreal.

]]>