Citi Bike yesterday unveiled more than 100 new bikes with larger, three-sided baskets, as seen here docked outside Cooper Union.
Motivate, Citi Bike's (now former) parent company, reportedly tested the baskets with riders and received a positive response. They'll be standard on new bikes now, per Streetsblog.
Unlike the old design (done this way to prevent people from dumping garbage in them, as Streetsblog noted)...
[Image via Citi Bike]
... the larger size will likely make it easier to transport pizzas and, maybe, mattresses...
[Photo on St. Mark's Place from 2013 by Julius Klein]
...and small children!
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So now you know.
@notorious - brilliant! I'd like to see that as printed copy on bus shelters.
ReplyDeletethese look like a pretty big upgrade, it's tough putting stuff in the "basket" there now. though i did once move a TV from Union Square with a CitiBike!
ReplyDelete@9:59am: PERFECT!
ReplyDeleteGood, now there are extra trash receptacles.
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