Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

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 […]

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Riding the Bike-Share Boom

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Dec 9, 2013 | No Comments

Without a doubt, 2013 has been a banner year for bike-share in the United States. Major systems were implemented in New York City and Chicago, and many others debuted or expanded in other cities. In fact, Citi Bike users have biked over 10 million miles and the system is closing in on 100,000 annual members! The Institute for Transportation & Development […]

The Differences Between Rental and Bike-Share, According to Bike and Roll

By John Greenfield | Nov 22, 2013 | 10 Comments

Bike and Roll Chicago (a Streetsblog sponsor) recently put out a press release acknowledging that conventional bike rental and bike-share complement each other. It’s a smart shift in approach for company co-owner Josh Squire, who had previously protested the bid process for Chicago’s bike-share contract. Squire claimed it was unfair because Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein […]

An Exit Interview With Chicago Transportation Chief Gabe Klein

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2013 | 42 Comments

[A shorter version of this article ran in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] Maybe I jinxed things by naming transportation czar Gabe Klein as the city’s best department head in Newcity’s October 31 Best of Chicago issue, because the very next day he announced he was […]

More Mental Kass-turbation About the Lake Shore Drive Divvy Rider

By John Greenfield | Nov 18, 2013 | 26 Comments

Some Streetsblog Chicago readers have argued that we shouldn’t take the bait when Tribune writer John Kass writes one of his trademark “little bike people” rants, calculated to stir up controversy and rack up pageviews. That’s a valid viewpoint, but since Kass has such a bully pulpit as a columnist for the region’s highest-circulation newspaper, […]

Troubling Lack of Compassion for Endangered Divvy Rider on Lake Shore Drive

By John Greenfield | Nov 14, 2013 | 88 Comments

What would you do if you were driving northbound on Lake Shore Drive near Ohio Street and pulled up on a young woman riding a Divvy bike by the median of the high-speed highway, obviously lost and terrified? I’d like to think most of us would slow down, roll down the window, ask the woman […]

Critique of the Gabe Klein Era by “Moe Torrist” Is Running on Fumes

By John Greenfield | Nov 13, 2013 | 12 Comments

Since transportation commissioner Gabe Klein announced he’s resigning at the end of the month, he’s received plenty of praise for his work promoting safer, more efficient and more vibrant Chicago streets. However, after all the bold initiatives he’s spearheaded, he probably didn’t expect his sendoff to be all wine and roses. Yesterday the Expired Meter […]

Will Rogers Park Use Menu Funds to Beef Up Its Divvy Network?

By Steven Vance | Nov 13, 2013 | 7 Comments

Next year, Chicago will expand Divvy bike-share from 300 stations to 475 or possibly 550 stations, and Rogers Park residents are excited about the news that far north side neighborhoods will get at least 15 stations in 2014. Melissa Manak is a member of the 49th Ward’s bikes and transit committee for the participatory budgeting process, where residents get […]

Divvy Expanding to 475, Possibly 550, Docking Stations

By John Greenfield | Nov 6, 2013 | 36 Comments

There’s more good news on the Divvy bike-share front. The Chicago Department of Transportation announced this morning that they scored a $3 million federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grant to add 75 more docking stations to the 400 already planned. The system recently reached 300 stations and 3,000 bikes. “Chicagoans have thoroughly embraced […]

Digging Into More Dearborn Data From an Elevated View

By Kristen Maddox | Oct 30, 2013 | 23 Comments

Three months ago, on the morning of July 24, I observed the intersection of Dearborn Street and Washington Street to collect data on bicycle traffic on Dearborn’s two-way protected bicycle lane, keeping track of factors like bicyclists’ gender and helmet use rates. Last Thursday during the morning rush I returned to the bi-directional bikeway to […]

What Kind of Man Rides Divvy in a Suit?

By John Greenfield | Oct 1, 2013 | 17 Comments

Before Divvy bike-share launched, Tribune transportation reporter Jon Hilkevitch was skeptical Loop professionals would use the systems for short trips and errands. “Will businessmen put their briefcases in the basket on a Divvy bike and ride to meetings, risking sweat stains on expensive suits just to save a couple of dollars on a taxicab and […]

90 Annual Members Join Divvy Each Day, as System Closes In on 300 Stations

By Steven Vance | Sep 27, 2013 | 28 Comments

Last Friday, Divvy eclipsed Capital Bikeshare in Washington, D.C., to become the second largest bike-share system in the United States. Today we become the 2nd largest bike share system in the US. Ride on, Chicago. #DivvyBikes #EnjoyYourRide #bikeCHI — Divvy (@DivvyBikes) September 20, 2013 Divvy riders have collectively pedaled over 1,100,000 miles since the first trip […]

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