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I give it 2 years...citibike |
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Posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013 I don't think it is going to work in NYC. This is NOT EUROPE !
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri May 31 16:41:37 2013, in response to I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013. I agree 100%. Did you hear the first car crash happen yesterday?ANY mayoral candidate who gets rid of pedestrian malls, shitibike and DOTs Sadik-Kahn has my vote. Fuck "Bloombergs Legacy", and fuck the assholes who voted for his illegal 3rd term |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri May 31 16:44:47 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri May 31 16:41:37 2013. I was about to say ... one taxicab careening out of control and wipeout. :) |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 31 16:58:08 2013, in response to I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013. Only Luddites are fond of this kind of stuff. Not too popular in Europe either, except for those that get it forced on them. Even Red China has dumped the bike. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 17:26:24 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 31 16:58:08 2013. Not too popular in Europe either, except for those that get it forced on them.Total Number of (voluntary) yearly subscriptions: at launch 27 May: 16,463 28 May: 19,389 29 May: 20,551 30 May: 23,749 Number of Daily Trips: 27 May (Memorial Day): 6050 28 May (rain): 6857 29 May: 7573 30 May: 10099 This is a faster growth in first 4 days than Boston, DC, London or Paris. Daily and Weekly subscriptions will start this coming Sunday, June 2nd. This should appeal to the European tourists. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 17:42:07 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri May 31 16:41:37 2013. Did you hear the first car crash happen yesterday?There were 288 cyclists injured by cars in April 2013. That comes to almost 10 per day. What's surprising about a single Citybike cyclist being injured in 4 days? BTW, there were also 904 pedestrians injured by cars in April 2013. It hasn't made a dent on pedestrian traffic. The injury toll inflicted by vehicles on the non-motoring public has been under-reported. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri May 31 18:16:25 2013, in response to I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013. I wouldn't be caught dead on a girl's bike. Where's the bar?? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri May 31 18:53:55 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 17:42:07 2013. There were 288 cyclists injured by cars in April 2013. That comes to almost 10 per day. What's surprising about a single Citybike cyclist being injured in 4 days?I wonder how many pedestrians are injured by cyclists? Do you have a break down, by county, of the injured cyclists? I'll bet a good percentage of them are delivery man in Manhattan, and western parts of Queens and Brooklyn. Those guys can get crazy and artificially inflate the number of injuries making cycling seem more dangerous in NYC. |
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Posted by orange blossom special on Fri May 31 20:08:21 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Olog-hai on Fri May 31 16:58:08 2013. Where do they ride in NYC?I understand they have a large program in San Antonio, which I've never seen, but I know enough that there's places to ride there in a tourist area! NYC is a tourist area, but of cars and throngs of people. |
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Posted by FtGreeneG on Fri May 31 20:19:40 2013, in response to I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013. I give it until the first cyclist death and the first 4-5 lawsuits the city have to pay out. After a while its going to cost the city more than it's worth. Novice (if they weren't noice they would already have a bike)and tourist renting bikes with aggressive NYC drivers is a recipe for disaster IMHO. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri May 31 20:29:32 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by orange blossom special on Fri May 31 20:08:21 2013. Cars stay still in Manhattan so bikes can get around them. It's really the only way to get there ... today. :) |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri May 31 20:48:55 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 17:42:07 2013. UH huh |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:10:34 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by LuchAAA on Fri May 31 18:53:55 2013. Do you have a break down, by county, of the injured cyclists?It's even broken down by police precinct and itersection I wonder how many pedestrians are injured by cyclists? NYPD purposely makes these legally mandated reports difficult to analyze. You can manually search by vehicle type and look for an injured pedestrian and no other vehicle type for the accident. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:18:22 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by FtGreeneG on Fri May 31 20:19:40 2013. I give it until the first cyclist death and the first 4-5 lawsuits the city have to pay out.This program is not run by the City. It's run by a private company. One requirement has been for the company to carry liability insurance and cover the City. There has been a history of bike share in other large US cities. I'd guess that the insurance companies know how to price their premiums. if they weren't noice they would already have a bike Locking a bike is one big hassle for people running errands. There's always the danger of the bike being stolen or damaged. Bike Share eliminates that problem for people who already have a bike. The trade-off is walking 1 or 2 blocks. So far, the busiest bike share stations have been around Penn Station and the PABT. There's a market for commuters wishing to go crosstown after entering the City. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:21:46 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by orange blossom special on Fri May 31 20:08:21 2013. Where do they ride in NYC?They can ride anywhere they want within 30 to 45 minutes. However, the bike share stations are in Manhattan south of 59th and in nearby Brooklyn. It will be expanded to LIC. This will complete the initial system with 10,000 bikes and 600 stations. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jun 1 02:01:59 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:18:22 2013. Locking a bike is one big hassle for people running errands.IAWTP. This is why I would never use a self-owned bike for transportation. |
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Posted by B68 slow poke on Sat Jun 1 02:31:05 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jun 1 02:01:59 2013. Actually THIS is my idea of a errand bike.
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Jun 1 03:03:55 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:10:34 2013. Thanks.You know, when I lived in Queens, I always wanted NYC to pass a law requiring apartment buildings to provide space to park bicycles. There's no space in an apartment for one. If people had a room outside the apartment to park the bike, you might see bike usage increase. In fact, instead of renting bikes, the city should install bikes stands like the ones used for Citibike and charge for the space. |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 07:23:59 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri May 31 18:16:25 2013. I never understood why not having a bar was a girl's bike and having a bar was a boy's bike. If I stop short and come off my seat I'd really prefer there not be a bar there... |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 07:25:16 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:18:22 2013. I was in the city this past week. The bike rack at 44th/5th was nearly empty a few times. If the system had been accepting one-time rentals (apparently it won't do that until early June) I would have certainly used one to run some errands.I did have a chance to ride one that a friend had taken out -- it feels like a reasonable bike, but I think it only has 3 speeds. That may not be a problem in flat Manhattan, but if the program ever expands more broadly (especially to upper Manhattan and the Bx) they may need bikes with a bit more range. On the negative side, I was in a cab in slow traffic coming north on 6th Ave and there was some knucklehead riding a Citibike the against the flow of traffic. I'll be back again briefly next week and hopefully will be able to tool around on one a bit. |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 07:32:36 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 07:25:16 2013. Citibikes only have 3 speeds. |
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Posted by FWT9000 on Sat Jun 1 10:23:07 2013, in response to I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by B68 slow poke on Fri May 31 16:30:44 2013. Those bikes will disappear just like shopping carts from supermarketsthe thieves will figure out how to disable the gps in them and sell them for scrap |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 11:09:45 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by FWT9000 on Sat Jun 1 10:23:07 2013. They also have to figure out how to blast them out of the locking mechanism they are in. |
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Posted by Gold_12th on Sat Jun 1 11:33:52 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 07:32:36 2013. and its heavy. |
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Posted by FWT9000 on Sat Jun 1 12:04:35 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 11:09:45 2013. just steal them from the street when renters stop to run errandsAside from theft - if people hate their location - just do what some neighborhoods do when strangers park there - slash the tires! |
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Posted by Dan on Sat Jun 1 14:00:58 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 17:26:24 2013. 23,749 subscriptions is only 0.29% of NYC's 8,000,000 total population. |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 14:06:00 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Dan on Sat Jun 1 14:00:58 2013. But less than 10% of NYC's population lives in the area covered by the program. That's actually better than I would have expected. |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 14:07:27 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 07:32:36 2013. I'm going to be back in town Tuesday thru Thursday. Looking forward to doing some Citibiking as it sounds like the system will now be ready for daily/hourly rentals. |
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Posted by Dan on Sat Jun 1 14:16:08 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sat Jun 1 14:06:00 2013. I know it's a rough number. Based on your 10% population number (about 800,000 people) that's still only 2.96%. I agree with those who see big lawsuits ahead for Citibank and the city itself.No racks yet on S.I. No demand here but I think the program could work in places like Great Kills Park or Miller Field. Put the bikes in the parking lots where people can drive to them. It might work. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sat Jun 1 14:23:16 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Dan on Sat Jun 1 14:16:08 2013. Given that it's designed for trips shorter than 30 or 45 minutes, it won't work on Staten Island. |
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Posted by grand concourse on Sat Jun 1 16:11:17 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri May 31 16:41:37 2013. imo HS and TS are better without Broadway interfering with traffic. Let the drivers use the side streets to get on to 6th or 7th avs. No I'm not saying I like the pedestrian plazas, but I do like eliminating the merging points by Broadway. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Jun 1 17:25:33 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by grand concourse on Sat Jun 1 16:11:17 2013. Whole blocks of commercial parking spots were eliminated around TS and HS. Now, large companies such as UPS and FEDEX consider parking fines the cost of doing business but the small business and independent owner operators are getting royally screwed with the cost of the relentless ticketing by Bloombergs army of Traffic Nazis |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Jun 1 22:05:14 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 07:23:59 2013. I never understood why not having a bar was a girl's bike and having a bar was a boy's bikeIt's difficult to ride a bike with a top tube, when one is wearing a dress, kilt or cassock. |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Jun 2 08:06:52 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Jun 1 22:05:14 2013. But why do boy's bikes have the bar? Was it originally needed for structural strength? |
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Posted by RockParkMan on Sun Jun 2 08:23:16 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sun Jun 2 08:06:52 2013. Yes, more rigidity. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jun 2 08:29:55 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by AlM on Sun Jun 2 08:06:52 2013.  Don't think so 1493 Caprotti (replica) wiki |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jun 2 08:41:34 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by RockParkMan on Sun Jun 2 08:23:16 2013. The lower top tube on women's bikes was simply for modesty's sake so that women did not have to lift their skirts to mount the bike.Read more: The Difference Between Boys' & Girls' Bikes | eHow http://www.ehow.com/about_6768423_difference-boys_-_amp_amp_-girls_-bikes.html#ixzz2V3tBcKvC |
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Posted by FWT9000 on Sun Jun 2 10:20:40 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Jun 1 17:25:33 2013. Bloomberg hates small businesseliminating it from TS makes him happy |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jun 2 21:43:27 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SelkirkTMO on Fri May 31 16:44:47 2013. I was about to say ... one taxicab careening out of control and wipeout. :)And what about a heavy snow fall, causing sanitation trucks to plow the bikes creating their own snow banks ? Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jun 2 21:47:31 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri May 31 21:21:46 2013. However, the bike share stations are in Manhattan south of 59th and in nearby Brooklyn.The city needs to stop calling it a bike share program, when it's a bike rental business. Bill Newkirk |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jun 2 22:03:02 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jun 2 21:43:27 2013. Heh. Wasn't even thinking of that. Well ... looks like the nostalgia trains won't be the only major photo event! :) |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Jun 2 22:48:00 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Newkirk Images on Sun Jun 2 21:47:31 2013. The city needs to stop calling it a bike share program, when it's a bike rental business.It's a different business model and price structure. In a rental business the principal income is from the rental fee vs. advertising from bike share. The price structure is also different. The membership fee, is probably the only fee a user need pay. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 2 23:10:42 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Jun 2 22:48:00 2013. The pricing model seems similar to ZIPCAR, which is called car share, not car rental. |
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Posted by AlM on Mon Jun 3 09:10:59 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Jun 2 23:10:42 2013. Zipcar has a hefty per-usage fee in addition to an annual fee. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Mon Jun 3 09:42:42 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sun Jun 2 08:29:55 2013. Don't think so 1493 Caprotti (replica) wikiThat's not tubular steel. The top tube is for rigidity in a lighter frame. |
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Citibike review (Re: I give it 2 years...citibike) |
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Posted by Charles G on Thu Jun 6 17:22:49 2013, in response to Re: I give it 2 years...citibike, posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 1 14:07:27 2013. So last night I tried to take a Citibike for a spin. I was staying near 51/Lex, and walked to 5 different racks eventually getting all the way to Sixth Ave -- not a Bike to be found. I guess people are taking the bikes from midtown to downtown after work.When I got back to my hotel, I checked the interactive map on their website and it seems most of midtown was void of bikes (some of the sites showed one or two bikes available -- but I suspect these were broken bikes, some of the racks I visited had one or two broken bikes that could not be checked out). There were one or two midtown racks that showed 30+ bikes available -- but I wasn't going to go back out only to find that the interactive map was not correct. It seems unlikely that there was a bicycle oasis in the midst of the midtown desert. This morning I decided to try again -- I found the bikes rack at 47/park well stocked. The first bike I grabbed was missing a pedal, but I was able swap that bike out rather painlessly. The next bike was no problem and I happily cycled to Penn Station going west on 47th, south on 7th Ave and then across 33rd street to the rack at 8th Ave. riding through Midtown traffic was far easier than I'd expected -- the only hassle was figuring out how I was supposed to navigate the pedestrian mall at Times Square Later in the day, I took another bike for a spin riding from Union Square back up to 47/park. I made much better time than many of the buses going up Third Ave. Overall, I was very happy with the service. As long as the bikes remain in good shape (I was a little concerned after the pedal-less first bike), I'll use them every time I'm in town. CG |
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Posted by B68 slow poke on Thu Jun 6 17:32:59 2013, in response to Citibike review (Re: I give it 2 years...citibike), posted by Charles G on Thu Jun 6 17:22:49 2013. I joined to use the bikes during the midnight hours down by the battery No body around plan to ride on the sidewalks during ghost hours ! |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jun 6 18:08:52 2013, in response to Citibike review (Re: I give it 2 years...citibike), posted by Charles G on Thu Jun 6 17:22:49 2013. How do they ride? They seem heavy, sorta like what we used to call a "truck bike" ... are the three speed shifts smooth? |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 8 01:43:42 2013, in response to Re: Citibike review (Re: I give it 2 years...citibike), posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Jun 6 18:08:52 2013. It is a heavy bike, but the gears do shift very smoothly. 1st gear seemed sort of useless to me. I used 2nd going uphill and 3rd for flat or down |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Jun 8 01:56:35 2013, in response to Re: Citibike review (Re: I give it 2 years...citibike), posted by Charles G on Sat Jun 8 01:43:42 2013. Thanks! As to me, once I did ten speeds, I found 3'ers nothing short of annoying. If I end up having some time to waste down yonder, I might give it a shot just to see how they are. Bikes where I am here are kinda useless given terrain and morons on the road. But was definitely curious about those. |
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