CitiBike Finally Arrives

I live at Washington and St. John's. At 7pm last night there was one lone bike there, and this morning at 8am there were zero. Do they stock these things with bikes or wait for people to travel to the area?

I suspect it takes the network of users a little while to realize that these stations even exist. As in, "oh, I could ride a Citibike to Crown Heights and there would be a dock."

Bike racks are in at Franklin and Eastern Parkway, but there were very few bikes there as of last night.

^^^^ e.pkwy and Franklin this morning 8am. No bikes

pragmaticguy said:

Well, there's another one lying with a bent front wheel on the corner of Troy and Sterling Place so I suspect that one was stolen.

It seems a lot of the theft is due to customers not docking the bikes correctly when they return them. A learning curve for new users. https://bklyner.com/citi-bike-thefts-rise-due-improper-docking-cops-warn/

I live near the Underhill/Lincoln dock, and it is almost always empty or has 1, 2, or 3 bikes at best. This seems to have been the case since the week the docks came to the neighborhood. I’ve seen similar patterns in the docks near me - Washington/Saint Johns, Prospect/Underhill and Parj/Vanderbilt. I love finally having it in Prospect Heights, but it seems there is either a greater need than expected or bikes were stolen(hopefully not...). Wondering if anyone in a neighborhood that has had Citibike coverage for longer has any insight?

Edges of a bikeshare system, especially on top of a hill, often empty out pretty quickly in the morning. But hopefully they just haven't added our neighborhood to the rebalancing routes yet. https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2014/08/balancing-bike-share-stations-has-become-a-serious-scientific-endeavor/379188/

This dock at Franklin and Eastern is going to need more than some rebalancing.

Whoever hit the dock hit it head first. ...one can't blame this on backing into it.

The point made earlier about stations located on top of a hill depleting faster is a good one. That describes my Bergen/Vanderbilt dock. AND also the subtle voice in my head the evaluates the incline of the trip before suggesting to me whether I should walk or ride. My girlfriend and I are guilty of biking to Smith, and returning via other means.

The dock at Sullivan and Bedford (behind Firestone) is already gone.