A ‘free-for-all’ of bikes, e-bikes, scooters and e-scooters on sidewalks causes copious complaining to 311
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Staten Island is the Only Borough Without a Bike Share Program. Now it’s Set to Pedal Back to Life
Staten Island, still the only borough without a bike share program as the pandemic spurs a citywide cycling boom, is getting ready to roll after COVID-caused delay. Dockless bikes, including some e-pedal-assisted models to help ply the borough’s formidable hills, are set to arrive in March — about a year later than originally promised. Plans […]
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Staten Island Was Promised a Bike Share Program. Now It’s the Only Borough Without One
As New Yorkers increasingly turn to cycling, the city’s plan to bring 1,000 dockless bikes to all of Staten Island remains adrift. Cycling has emerged as a popular way to commute while maintaining social distancing, and Staten Island bike shop owners say sales are up. And while overall bike share use is down from last […]
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Dockless Bike Share Expands on Hilly Staten Island — Sans Electric Pedal Assist
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. Dockless bike share service is expanding to all of Staten Island — minus the electric motors that make it easier to pedal in a borough known for steep hills. The city Department of Transportation […]
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Reversing Course, Dockless Bike Share to Roll on in the Rockaways
The city slammed the brakes on plans to halt dockless bike-sharing in Queens — and will keep the wheels rolling in the Rockaways. The move came a month after THE CITY reported the Department of Transportation would scrap the bicycle pilot program at the summer’s end, spurring a backlash along the Queens shore. The “community […]
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Dockless Bike-Share Grows in Staten Island, Brakes in Bronx and Queens
Days after announcing a major, four-borough Citi Bike expansion, the Department of Transportation told THE CITY on Friday that test runs of dockless bike-sharing will cease at summer’s end — except in Staten Island. That will leave the Rockaways in Queens and The Bronx’s Fordham without dockless bike-shares. But while the DOT said it is […]