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We’ve always loved the public bike system — affordable and convenient, well worth the annual membership fee.
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We’ve always loved the public bike system — affordable and convenient, well worth the annual membership fee.
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We’re excited that the Citi Bike program has finally started expanding into Harlem, Brooklyn and Queens, but this Lower East Side dweller was most excited to see that one of the newly-planned 140 stations includes a new station in Alphabet City. Continue reading “Citi Bike to add station to East 12th St. and Avenue B to alleviate demand in East Village”
Living near the East Village, it’s not a rare occurrence to find the two Citi Bike stations nearest my apartment completely bare. When it happens, I have to walk to a station a couple extra streets to grab a bike. Continue reading ““Dockpocalypse” hits Citi Bike stations in East Village, Alphabet City”
Are you considering Citi Bike? If you open a new annual membership, you can get a free month through if an active member refers you for a membership.
Continue reading “Get 24 free months of Citi Bike by referring 24 friends”A couple of days ago, I wrote about receiving an email from Citi Bike stating that the bike I docked was still in the wild four hours later and that I was incurring charges for continued usage. Continue reading “Is Citi Bike experiencing docking problems?”
At 2:30 AM in the morning, I received the “OH CRAP” automated email from Citi Bike customer service telling you that something is amiss. You may have seen this subject line: Looks like you’ve had that Citi Bike out for a while… Continue reading “Did you get the dreaded “Looks like you’ve had a Citi Bike out for a while…” email from Citi Bike?”
After much discussion and community input (complaining, letter-sending and yelling), a plan has been agreed on for the approximately 80 new stations planned for the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan. Continue reading “Citi Bike confirms locations for the 80 new stations in Upper West Side and Upper East Side”
Citi Bike released 1,000 of their redesigned bikes this week. I wasn’t aware of the new bikes, so when I first came across one, it was a surprise. Continue reading “1,000 brand new, redesigned Citi Bikes hit the streets of New York City”
Last year, Citi Bike introduced a new valet service to maintain balance throughout the bike sharing system. Continue reading “No Valets: How to crowdsource Citi Bike’s supply and demand problem”
This morning, an email from the new CEO of Citi Bike Jay Walder, landed in my inbox. The email announced their plans on improving the Citi Bike service in 2015. Continue reading “Citi Bike: System improvements and expansion coming in 2015”
Every so often when I log into my CitiBike account to check out my usage. Last month I came across a “Trip Completed” in my history. Continue reading “Citi Bike: What does the “Trip Open/Completed” status mean?”
It’s been about a month now since I started my Citi Bike membership. I love the program; it’s completely changed how I access the city. Continue reading “Red/Yellow/Green: What does it mean when I get a red light on a Citi Bike dock?”
I resisted Citi Bike for nearly a year.
I liked the idea of the city’s bikeshare program, but since I already had a monthly MTA pass, my own bike sitting at home, I pushed off Citi Bike as a nice-to-have, but was more a luxury that I would only use from time-to-time. Continue reading “Citi Bike Review: Is Citi Bike Worth $100? Hell Yes.”