Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

3 Big CDOT Projects Have Been Postponed, But the Delays Are Reasonable

By John Greenfield | Jul 18, 2014 | 46 Comments

In early June, I dubbed this the Summer of the Big Projects. The Chicago Department of Transportation was planning to start construction on, and/or complete, a slew of major infrastructure jobs this year. Now it seems more like the Summer of the Big Postponements. Over the last month, we’ve gotten word that three major initiatives […]

Alta Chief: Bike-Share Expansions Unlikely in 2014

By Payton Chung | Jul 17, 2014 | No Comments

Despite continually growing ridership, Alta Bicycle Share-operated bike-share systems across America will probably not be adding bikes or docks this year. The bankruptcy of Montreal-based Public Bike Share Company, known as Bixi, which developed and manufactured the equipment that Alta’s systems use, has disrupted the supply chain that numerous cities were pinning their expansion plans […]

Mia Birk Praised Chicago’s Bike Gains at Yesterday’s Meet-and-Greet

By John Greenfield | Jun 18, 2014 | No Comments

It was great hanging with Streetsblog Chicago readers at yesterday’s meet-and-greet with noted bike and pedestrian planner Mia Birk, co-hosted by her planning firm, Alta Planning + Design at Vinyl in River North. Birk also heads Alta Bicycle Share, which runs the Divvy program for the city of Chicago. She served as Bicycle Program Manager […]

Construction Cycle: CDOT Has a Lot on Its Plate This Summer

By John Greenfield | Jun 11, 2014 | 2 Comments

[This piece also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] If 2013 was Chicago’s Long, Hot Summer of Transportation, then 2014 is the Summer of the Big Projects. Last year featured well-publicized game changers like the South Red Line rehab and the Divvy bike-share launch, but […]

State Rep Tries to Dock Block Divvy Stations in Front of Schools

By John Greenfield | May 28, 2014 | 18 Comments

In a case of thinking locally and acting globally, state rep Jaime Andrade (40th) introduced legislation that would have banned the installation of bike-share stations in front of all Illinois schools, not long after a Divvy station was placed by the school he co-founded. Last year, the Chicago Department of Transportation installed the Divvy station […]

Bus to Zipcar to Divvy? RideScout App Makes Connecting A Bit Easier

By Steven Vance | May 27, 2014 | 4 Comments

The number of transportation choices available to Chicagoans continues to grow, particularly as shared options like car-sharing and Divvy bikes become ever more popular. Yet these options can turn the simple act of planning a trip across town into a complicated exercise that requires weighing multiple factors, like cost, convenience, time, and ever-changing availability. RideScout, […]

Scheinfeld Talks About Divvy, PBLs, Traffic Cams, and Long Term Goals

By John Greenfield | May 23, 2014 | 2 Comments

In this final installment of my interview with Chicago Department of Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld, we talked about the Divvy expansion, traffic cameras, protected bike lanes, and her overall goals as CDOT chief. Read the first and second parts of the interview here and here. John Greenfield: We’re slated to get 175 more Divvy stations […]

How Divvy Stacks Up Against Bike-Share in the Netherlands and Spain

By Steven Vance | May 20, 2014 | 12 Comments

Last month, I had the chance to use bike-share systems in two Dutch cities and Seville, Spain. The systems – OV-fiets in Rotterdam and Nijmegen and Sevici in Seville – differ from one another and from Chicago’s Divvy system in several key ways. Together, they make for an instructive comparison about how our friends in other countries get around. […]

Divvy NIMBYs’ Bike-Share Nightmare Is Over: Lakeview Station Relocated

By John Greenfield | May 8, 2014 | 13 Comments

Chicago’s most notorious bike-share haters, married couple and lawyers David Kolin and Jeannine Cordero, have gotten Divvy deliverance. In the wake of a lawsuit by the pair, the city has removed a “hideous” bike-share station from their Lakeview block. However, it’s not for the reasons you might expect. On August 21, Kolin and Cordero sued […]

How About Some More Carrying Capacity on Divvy Bikes?

By Daniel Ronan | May 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

With Divvy slated to expand by 175 stations this year, there’s an unprecedented opportunity to increase bike ridership in Chicago. There’s also an opportunity to rethink the Divvy bike design. A shortcoming I’ve noticed about Divvy, and other systems that use bicycles supplied by Bixi, is the lack of carrying capacity. The bikes feature a […]

Don’t Despair, Evanston & Oak Park May Still Get Divvy Stations

By John Greenfield | May 6, 2014 | 5 Comments

Last month, it was a bummer when the Illinois Department of Transportation announced $52.7 million in funding for transportation projects, including many bike and pedestrian projects, but the expansion of Divvy into the suburbs wasn’t one of them. However, officials say they’re hopeful money can be found to extend the system past the city limits. […]

The $12.5 Million Blue Cross/Divvy Deal Is Good News for Cyclists

By John Greenfield | May 1, 2014 | 19 Comments

Were you dismayed in 2006, when the city sold the naming rights to the Millennium Park bike station to McDonald’s? Then you’ll be glad to hear that Divvy’s new sponsor is a company that promotes health, rather than undermines it. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, the state’s largest health insurer, has inked a […]

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