NYC Bike Share Quick Look

Bike share is a network of thousands of attractive, sturdy bicycles available at self-service docking stations around the city. Bike share is best for quick urban trips. Users check out a bike using a membership or credit card, ride to a docking station near their destination and return the bike.

Bike Share in NYC will be run by Alta Bicycle Share and funded by private sponsorship and user fees, not taxpayer dollars. Bike Share membership will be inexpensive (less than one monthly MetroCard), and bikes will be available 24/7, every day. The system will consist of 10,000 bikes, distributed at over 600 self-service, solar powered stations.

Alta Bicycle Share will run, manage and maintain the bike share system, while NYC DOT will coordinate community outreach and regulate station siting.

Bike share will put the city on your schedule and makes getting from point A to point B just a little easier.

Visit Alta Bicycle Share at http://nycitybikeshare.com/

Nominate a bike share station location online at http://nyc.gov/bikeshare

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[jose figueroa]

Wow! already so many stations have gone up.

[jose figueroa]

Great program if people behave,and act responsibly with the bikes)

[reviewguy12]

Can't wait for this to come this May! :)

[DebSherr]

DON't HONK!

[Ryan ohare]

terrible comment....

[evonhasseln]

I think having the bike share program will make drivers alot more aware of cyclists in the city. With safer streets for cyclists and (hopefully) safer cycling, maybe NYC can be the bike friendly city we want it to be.

and then maybe in another five years - no personal cars in Manhattan. only trucks, buses and cabs. one can dream !

[b3at2]

Later.

[DebSherr]

Only mentioned it to give reasons for wasteful spending. I used to be one of those blue collars so I know the deal. Have a nice night. Peace out.

[b3at2]

I don't have anything against Blue collar workers like civil servants getting paid. But i care about is the fact that people drive crazy in NYC and these bikes will get a lot of people hurt.. btw i rather a blue collar working making a good living than some dude in an office getting paid 6 figures just to tell people what to do.. that is not work...that is called being a king...

[DebSherr]

If NYCDOT doesn't spend all the money in their budget by the end of a fiscal year, they not only lose the 'rollover' (what's left in budget) then they can't ask for more money than the year before, so naturally they come up with these lame ass ideas to spend all the money any way they can justify it! Not enough that many civil servants are collecting 2 paychecks with their option to stay on after 20 years & get a pension check too. What about insurance if someone gets killed using DOT bikes? HA!