Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

Rogers Parkers Discuss Plans for Divvy Stations, Greenway

By Justin Haugens | Apr 22, 2014 | No Comments

The city is gearing up to add 175 more Divvy bike-share stations this year, bringing the total to 475. On Thursday, 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore hosted a community meeting at Eugene Field elementary to discuss potential Divvy station locations within Rogers Park. The meeting also covered the proposed north-south neighborhood greenway that’s a ballot item […]

How Do We Divvy? Data Challenge Winners Find Out

By Steven Vance | Mar 25, 2014 | 1 Comment

Divvy announced the Divvy Data Challenge‘s six winners this morning on its website. I talked to three winners to learn how they created their submissions, and what they learned about Divvy users in the process. The Data Challenge began February 11, when Divvy released data about 759,788 trips taken in 2013 and asked the public […]

Divvy Supplier Sale May Delay Expansion But Station Locations Nearly Ready

By Steven Vance | Mar 14, 2014 | 14 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation and Divvy will be installing 175 bike-share stations this year with a new method that avoids last year’s haphazard and seemingly random distribution. Instead, they will be placing all stations in each of 10 selected areas at once. This way, CDOT assistant commissioner Sean Wiedel told Streetsblog, “that area will […]

Ice Ice Divvy: How Has the System Performed During This Brutal Winter?

By John Greenfield | Mar 11, 2014 | 15 Comments

[This piece ran last week in Checkerboard City, my column in Newcity magazine, which hits the street on Wednesday evenings. After yesterday’s gorgeous weather, with temperatures in the 50s, I was concerned the piece might seem a bit dated today if I syndicated it on Streetsblog. Fortunately, six-to-eight inches of snow are predicted for this […]

As Divvy Grows, Station Placement Should Work for Pedestrians

By Daniel Ronan | Mar 5, 2014 | 14 Comments

Last month, I won a digital silver medal in the Divvy Winter Olympics, a challenge put on by the bike-share service to encourage cold-weather ridership. I was one of 3,444 Divvy members who won medals during the promotion. Taking five or more trips between December 1 and February 16 got you a bronze medal, 25 […]

Divvy Surveying Members About Different Pricing Options

By Steven Vance | Jan 22, 2014 | 39 Comments

Divvy started sending out surveys yesterday asking how members use the system, whether their patterns have changed over time, how often they drive and take public transit, and what would get them to ride a bike more. The survey also asked members for their opinion of hypothetical changes to the system’s current price and fee […]

Today’s Headlines

By Steven Vance | Jan 17, 2014 | 13 Comments

Metra Gets Funding for Positive Train Control in Bill on Obama’s Desk (Crain’s) 32nd Ward Anti-BRT Alderman Waguespack to Participate in “Ask Me Anything” From 1-3 P.M. (Reddit) Canaryville Residents Ask for Divvy at Eight Locations (DNA) Law Firm Tries Scare Press Release Painting Divvy as Dangerous (Digital Journal) Driver Denies Causing Bicyclist Crash Caught […]

Why Divvy Needs to Densify as It Expands

By Steven Vance | Jan 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

For a very new American bike-share system, Divvy is doing well, but it has a lot of room to improve, according to the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s new Bike Share Planning Guide [PDF]. The guide includes best practices for designing, distributing, and marketing this new form of transit. While Divvy is still growing […]

The 2013 Chicago Streetsie Awards

By John Greenfield | Dec 30, 2013 | 6 Comments

Season’s Greetings Streetsblog Chicago readers. I hope you’ve had a joyful December and are gearing up for a fabulous New Year’s Eve. 2013 has been a banner year for walking, biking and transit in the Windy City, but there were so many landmarks and firsts, as well as a few discouraging developments, that it’s a […]

Like Chicago Bicyclists, Divvy Will Soldier on Through the Winter

By Steven Vance | Dec 17, 2013 | 16 Comments

My @DivvyBikes ride from #MarquetteBuilding party to @BluestemCommOrg party. #divvyon #bikewinter #notholidivvy pic.twitter.com/UGOylnk1YW — Abby Crisostomo (@AbbyMPC) December 13, 2013 At last Wednesday’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, assistant transportation commissioner Sean Wiedel shared Divvy’s cold-weather operating strategy. To keep maintenance costs down and scale the bike-share fleet to anticipated demand, Divvy is aiming to reduce the […]

Eyes on the Street: What Kind of Person Rides Divvy in the Winter?

By John Greenfield | Dec 13, 2013 | 5 Comments

Prior to the Divvy bike-share launch, some folks argued that the program would be a waste of money because no one would use it during Chicago’s long winter. However, even during this week’s cold, snowy weather, the fairly common sight of bundled-up riders on the baby-blue bikes proved the system is still getting plenty of […]

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