As a follow-up
to our post yesterday... a reader shares that workers have installed the new Citi Bike docking stations on Fifth Street at Avenue A (48 docks) and Seventh Street west of Avenue B (47 docks) ...
According to a DOT presentation last month, "demand shows 1,804 docks [are] still needed in CB3." For now, though, the proposal calls for an installation of 683 docks ... with more capacity coming by extending existing stations.
The presentation showed 11 new stations, with an "equipment swap" on 10th Street between A and B and an expansion of the existing station on 13th Street at Avenue A. This EVG post has a map of where the docking stations are due.
Let us know if you spot any other new docking stations in the neighborhood.
What a beauty. Keep them coming .
ReplyDeleteMore public land privatized.
ReplyDeleteMore public land privatized for LYFT's specific financial benefit.
ReplyDeleteYet some people still have an issue with privately owned cars parking at city meters where the driver has to pay.
Terrible, truly awful.
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding me? Between these and the restaurant huts where are locals supposed to park? I need my car for my job! And lot parking for a month is about what I make a week!
ReplyDelete@12:32AM you don't have a right to free public parking. You live in the most transit-dense city in the country. If you NEED a car... pay for parking.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as "public land", that is, land that is exclusively reserved for passive public use and never to be used for profit of any sort. From the weed dealers at Wash Sq to the green market at Union Sq to the Met in Central Park they all exist for private financial gain. While the Met might technically be not-for-profit their high salaried staff, private soirees, and other elitist perks say otherwise. Not mention any books, posters, and other trinkets and junk sold in their gift shop makes a nice tidy profit for publishers and respective artists (or their estates) as well as supplying free advertising for said artists.
ReplyDeleteThe stations are getting a bit out of control now, cmon
ReplyDelete@anon 12:15 don't be a jerk. These are shared public parking areas, not some entitled fantasy. They're important and necessary.
ReplyDeleteTotal BS. More cars circling looking for a spot, more double parked cars, more free advertising for Citibike ads. Imagine every task and distance in all weather being done on a bike? Enough is enough.
ReplyDeleteLove that bike share exists but this is such a massive takeover of shared public space.
Already the slamming of the bikes is ruining my apartment and I can't even exit the curb. These suck.
ReplyDelete@9:15 AM Can you just be a reasonable non-angry person? What an absurd comment. Obviously a car is a way different tool than a bike. They're both obviously useful and serve very different purposes. You know that.
ReplyDeleteFantastic news, desparately needed
ReplyDeleteWhoa… those are so long
ReplyDeleteWould love to hear anyone in a prominent position advocate for...private bike ownership. A radical crazy idea whose time might have come. Because we're running out of space on the road.
ReplyDeleteBuy your own bike people. This sounds dramatic but this is a corporate takeover. The citibike system is trash.
ReplyDeleteThere is already a long Citibike station on 7th and A. This is overkill. Is it replacing that one?
ReplyDeleteRIP one of the last reliable blocks to park on in this entire neighborhood... some ppl need cars to transport elderly or disabled family members etc, look around at most street parked cars in the hood they are 10+ year old mazdas and hondas used by middle class residents. citibikes are a horrible corporate eyesore it's absly hideous to see them proliferate this way completely unchecked
ReplyDeleteAgreed @1:02.. where is the oversight on this? Not mentioned here but they also added one on E 4th st, it's crazy.
ReplyDeleteAnother one on Ave A & 3rd Street that google doesen’t know about
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