Bike share may be delayed
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Petitions to Quinn are being launched:
Thought out pictures are being taken:
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It's nice that all these kids are supporting, but unless they are going to become annual members at $95 bucks a shot, its unlikely they'll be buying a day pass.
The fine print says you have to have a credit or debit card with at least $100 on it for your rental. They put a hold on your card for the $100 amount and it may not be released for up to ten days.
When you purchase a 24-Hour or 7-Day Access Pass to Citi Bike, a preauthorization hold of $101 per bike is placed on your card account. This is a not a settled charge against your account. It serves as a security deposit and will be released when the hold expires. Holds may last up to 10 days, depending on your credit card company.
And you'll need to actually swipe the card each time you get a bike, so no using mom and dad to make the reservation unless they also hand the card over to you.
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I think everyone knows that these kids are pawns in a game they may know little about....the trick is to claim that they are part of "your supporters" before the other side does.
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Needless to say, bike advocates across the city are providing any and all media with press releases and/or "interviews" which require no editing before publishing.
This allows the reporters to meet their deadlines, and then go out enjoy the nice weather:
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It may be working. Even The Post is running harmless articles....
This article gives almost no press to those opposed to the program:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/they_better_be_worth_the_weight_9anUe041bRMPHL177ZI1bI
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The Times seems to be painting those against Bike Share as being afraid of change:
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A few Bed Stuy bike shop owners express what seem to be pretty honest and insightful views on the potential effects of bike share and neighborhood changes on their businesses:
http://ourtimepress.com/2013/05/17/local-bicycle-shops-embrace-citys-rent-a-bike-program/
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Bike share app was turned on today. Tells you where there's available bikes and docking spaces. CBS 880AM did not report what systems (Android, iOS, Windows) it was available on but I'll gamble that it's available on all of them. My Android phone is nearly three years old and doesn't have Google Play Store but a quick check of the Android market doesn't turn up anything for New York.
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This weekend, all of the existing stations are supposed to be filled with bikers and the program begins.
In about three months, those who are presently saying that bikeshare will destroy every good aspect of NYC, will say they never said that.
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Bike share starts Monday. Hopefully this will work out. And hopefully people will have towels with them so they can wipe off the wet bikes from the rain we're to get this weekend.
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Well that was fast one already got stolen. http://gothamist.com/2013/05/27/first_citi_bike_stolen.php
I think the theif is going to have a hard time finding a fence or a buyer for it though. Assuming of course he just didn't want to take it for a ride. -
Hell, I heard that $80,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from the Brooklyn Costco before it even opened. What's one bike.
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Those who are paid to generate media, are generating media!
https://www.facebook.com/#!/CitibikeNYC?directed_target_id=0
http://citibikenyc.com/blog/2013/05/27/citi-bike-day-one-recap
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Heard a report on CBS 880am from Joe Connelly this morning about a new job in New York. I don't know if it's true. The job was bike rack attendant. What these people are supposed to do is, overnight, move the bike share bikes from the racks in the neighborhoods back to the ones closer to the train stations where's supposedly they'll be needed more in the morning. Didn't sound logical to me as the people who rode the bikes to near their homes would take them back to the stations themselves the next morning. But, anything is possible.
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How about the scenario in which you live in Brooklyn, but work at 14th st in Manhattan. You ride the subway to work in the AM.Then, you decide to ride a citibike to your 3 PM mtg at 34th st. You pick it up at 14th, and park it at 34th.
At 5 pm, take the subway home.
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The one I've heard bandied about is where someone rides a bike to work in the morning, it starts raining in the afternoon, and they take public transit home.
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Although this wouldn't be typical behavior for me, I could:
Ride bike to a docking station near a bar
Go to said bar
Meet someone good looking.
Take a cab with them to their house..... -
Or...you both check out a bike and ride to her house. As for your scenario of riding to the meeting and taking the subway home Whynot, it's certainly something that's probable. Like I said, I just didn't know if it was true because I haven't heard anything else about it.
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It is certainly true that they have hired folks to drive trucks to reshuffle the bikes.
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Has anyone on here tried the app that's supposed to be for one's smartphone to see if it's working? It was turned on last week but no one has mentioned it.
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I have heard it works.
The overseas press is starting to comment on this being launched in NYC: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/bike-blog/2013/may/24/new-york-citi-bikes-what-expect
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Letterman had a great joke about the bike share few nights back. Said, it's a great program, you pick one up, ride it awhile and dump it off. Sort of like a Taylor Swift boyfriend.
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This article is completely dismissive of the concerns of critics.
Clearly, the writer does not feel any pressure to give weight to their views: http://www.businessinsider.com/complaints-about-citi-bike-share-are-wrong-2013-6
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The advocates seem to be winning the media war. It should ge interesting to see if they continue to win the Community Board processes. Satmar Brooklyn (the Williamsburg ultra orthodox sect) should be interesting....
The CH Lubavitch seem as if they do not uniformly perceive Citibike as a threat.
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As a result of starting from Manhattan and working its way out, bikeshare is vulnerable to accusations that it is targeting neighborhoods and demographics that have the most money (white people...), as opposed to those who have the biggest transportation problems (non-white people who live far from subway lines). The latter groups constiture the vast majority of the city.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323844804578531491180299954.html?ru=MKTW&mod=MKTWBecause Bikeshare requires a credit card to open an account, I can't imagine it EVER coming to many parts of the city.
A lot of things can't be offered at all, if they must be offered to everyone. Bikeshare seems like it is one of them.
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I don't have a problem with the way that they approached this (only putting private money into it with a very small gov't share), but then don't tout it as anything other than what it is, an alternative transportation system run by a private company for tourists and selected NY'ers. If its not accessible to 90% of city residents, then why isn't it considered fringe transportation like Access-A-Ride?
Unfortunately, the city won't do that because they need to fiction of it being a city system to allow them to take liberties like towing cars to install bike kiosks for a private company.
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Yes, I would agree, the organizers were smart when they accepted/solicited government support. As you point out, they likely recognized that they needed the power and authority that comes with such funding, more than the actual funding.
After a while, this tactic will fail to work. Then, the minority of people who use Bikeshare will fill volunteer to seats on Community Boards that have been resistent.
After approving it in those disctricts, they will state "You could have spend your time and the time and energy volunteering for the Community Board and had your opinion count", as if everyone has equal amounts of time and energy.
...it is just a matter of trying to guess the exact date the above quote will be made.
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The software glitches are making the effort vulnerable to statements like, "I support bikeshare, but this isn't how to do it. This system sucks".
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Saw a report on the news that over 1,000,000 miles have already been ridden on bike share bikes. I think that's a great sign of how well the program is working and to rack up that kind of mileage in such a short time shows it was definitely filling a need.
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I also think that it is having its desired political effect.
Bikers have long been marginalized, and when you put a bunch of "pretty normal" people on Citibikes it tends to force entities like the NYPD to listen to their concerns more.
In this article, the program was mentioned in the context of changing how accidents are investigated:
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