Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: begrimed, begrimers, bike share, bikewhare, Citibike, New York, NYU, transportation, urban cycling
Citibike, that is.
A new study out of NYU: http://wagner.nyu.edu/rudincenter/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/CitiBikeTakesNewYork_.pdf
Citi Bike has become a vital element of the city’s transportation network, providing a new flexible mode for many New Yorkers. Trips that were once 20-minute walks are now 5-minute bike rides, and places previously inacces- sible by public transit are now linked to the network.
In its first six months of operation, Citi Bike riders took more than 6 million trips, and by early January, nearly 100,000 riders spent $95 to become annual members.
Bikeshare proven now to be among the safest forms of transport.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bicycle, bicycling, bike rental, bike share, Citi, Citi Bike, Citibank, Citibike, end of the world, helmet, helmets, New York, New Yorker Magazine, NYC, slow rollout, stationary bicycle, transportation, urban cycling
Painfully slow rollout of NYC’s Citibike rental scheme is here, maybe. Lock up your daughters!
Interesting the artist put a helmet on the outside rider. Wonder if he/she was told to do that.
via http://publicbikeshare.com/2013/05/28/public-bike-share-a-picture-says-1000-words/
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bici, bicycle rental, bicycle shring, bike share, Bike sharing, Manhattan, New York, New York City, NYC, Sadik
Maybe. Previous launch was delayed for rather mysterious reasons. Keep an eye on it.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the first 293 docking stations have begun to appear. Most of them will at first be in Manhattan.
The DOT hopes to eventually expand the program to include 600 stations and 10,000 bikes.
via Sadik-Khan: NYC Bike Sharing System Set To Launch Next Month « CBS New York.
“Most of them will at first be in Manhattan.” — a sentence published by a major news organization.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: air pollution from fracking, CH4, Clean Air Act, EPA, fracking, gas drilling, greenhouse gases, hydraulic fracturing, methane, New York, oil and gas production, Schneiderman
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Schneiderman said that the coalition of states “can’t continue to ignore the evidence of climate change or the catastrophic threat that unabated greenhouse gas pollution poses to our families, our communities and our economy.” He said Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont joined in sending a required 60-day notice of intent to sue to EPA.
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio – all states with intensive oil and gas drilling – didn’t join in the campaign. None of the states that sent the notice to the EPA are major producers of oil or gas
via Drilling Methane Emissions Lawsuit: New York And 6 Other States To Sue EPA.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bike rental, bike share, Citi, Citibike, New York, NYC DOT, public bikes, Sadik-Khan
Pushed back to 2013… Interesting.
“New York City demands a world-class bike share system, and we need to ensure that Citi Bike launches as flawlessly as New Yorkers expect on Day One,” said DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. “The enthusiasm for this program continues to grow and we look forward to bringing this affordable new transportation option to New Yorkers without cost to taxpayers.”
via NYC DOT – Press Releases – NYC DOT, NYC Bike Share Announce March 2013 Citi Bike Launch.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: frac, fracking, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking, Marcellus Shale, New York, transportation, truck traffic
From http://www.un-naturalgas.org/NYSDOT%20Transportation%20Impacts%20Paper.pdf
Per well:
