Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?

Here’s how to provide input on new West Side Divvy station locations

By John Greenfield | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

This year CDOT and Lyft will be expanding the system further into the West side, and once again they're looking for feedback from local residents on where the new stations should go.

Contrary to what Divvy told us, temporary 18 mph e-bikes speeds were intentional

By John Greenfield | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

Emails obtained from the city show that, while the electric bikes were advertised as having a 15 mph cap, Divvy quietly tested higher speeds last year.

Divvy: Actually, our e-bikes were capped at 15 mph when they launched in July

By John Greenfield | Dec 11, 2020 | No Comments

According to Divvy, the bikes were capped at 15 when they launched in July, but they forgot to reactivate the cap when they relaunched the system after the August civil unrest shutdown.

A scooter rider at Belmont/Broadway last September. Photo: John Greenfield

Despite a 400% fleet increase, total scooter use dropped in this year’s pilot

By John Greenfield | Dec 11, 2020 | No Comments

In contrast, Divvy bike-share ridership has stayed relatively strong during the crisis.

One of Divvy's new electric bikes. Photo: Divvy

Sorry folks, Divvy memberships and single rides are about to get a little more expensive

By John Greenfield | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

On January 1 the price of annual full-price memberships will go up from the current $99 to $108. Single rides will also see a price hike, from $3 to $3.30.

Riding an e-Divvy on the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

It’s not your imagination: Divvy’s e-bikes actually are slower now

By John Greenfield | Nov 23, 2020 | No Comments

It's not a great marketing strategy to charge a premium to use a service, get people used to using that service at level X, and then quietly lower the service quality to level Z.