Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about bike share

New Site Helps You Suggest Locations for Up to 250 More Divvy Stations

By Steven Vance | Dec 10, 2013 | 19 Comments

Divvy and the Chicago Department of Transportation quietly launched a new bike-share station suggestion map yesterday. The new version features design and speed improvements (both versions were built by the software division at OpenPlans, Streetsblog’s parent non-profit). In 2014, Divvy will be expanding its service area with 175 more stations, and CDOT has applied for […]

The Trib’s Jon Hilkevitch Changes His Tune, Reports Divvy Is a Success

By John Greenfield | Aug 19, 2013 | 45 Comments

Back in May, a month before the Divvy bike-share system launched, transportation reporter Jon Hilkevitch published the first of three Tribune articles characterizing Divvy as a rip-off, dysfunctional and racist. In that first piece, a faux exposé entitled “Overtime fees, legal potholes dot city bike-share program,” Hilkevitch portrayed the rules and charges associated with the […]