Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

Dates Announced for CDOT’s Bike Classes, Suitable for Absolute Beginners

By John Greenfield | Jul 22, 2016 | 4 Comments

Today the Chicago Department of Transportation announced the dates and locations for its free adult bike-handling classes on the South and West sides, part of the department’s strategy to encourage more use of the Divvy bike-share system in low-to-moderate-income communities of color. Here’s the info: Garfield Workforce Center  10 S. Kedzie Avenue July 25-29, 6:00 […]

What’s Up With Evanston’s Unusual Divvy Station Location Pattern?

By John Greenfield | Jul 21, 2016 | 29 Comments

As I pointed out back in early June when the new Divvy expansion map was released, which included the system’s first suburban docking stations in Evanston and Oak Park, the locations of the ten Evanston stations seemed a little odd. When Chicago originally launched the bike-share system in 2013, a high number of stations were concentrated […]

West Garfield and Austin Got Divvy Bikes Last Week. Will Anyone Use Them?

By John Greenfield | Jun 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

[Last November the Chicago Reader launched a weekly transportation column written by Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield. This partnership allows Streetsblog to extend the reach of our livable streets advocacy. We syndicate a portion of the column on the day it comes out online; you can read the remainder on the Reader’s website or in […]

Why a Viral Tweet Blaming Divvy for School Funding Problems Is Misguided

By John Greenfield | Jun 13, 2016 | 30 Comments

Things Chicago has money for: •Rental bicycles •Dyeing the river green •A Ferris wheel Things Chicago doesn’t have money for: •Education — richie (@ohyoumeandaniel) June 2, 2016 Chicago residents have every right to be angry about the sorry state of the Chicago Public School funding. But don’t scapegoat the Divvy bike-share system, a bargain for […]

CDOT Will Roll Out “Learn to Ride” Adult Bike Handling Classes This Summer

By John Greenfield | Jun 9, 2016 | 5 Comments

The city’s Divvy for Everyone (D4E) equity program, which offers one-time $5 annual memberships to low-income Chicagoans, is a great opportunity for residents to enjoy the the mobility, health, and economic benefits of bike-share. But the big, blue bikes don’t do you much good if you don’t know how to ride or don’t feel safe […]

Popular “Transit” App Now Enables Bypassing the Divvy Kiosk

By Steven Vance | May 6, 2016 | 6 Comments

A new partnership between Divvy and Transit app, you can now get 24-hour Divvy passes and ride codes via smartphone. This means that people who have just signed up for an annual membership won’t have to wait for a key to arrive in the mail before they can start using the blue bikes. It also means […]

Bike-Share Equity Study Uses Old Chicago Data, But Divvy Still Needs Work

By John Greenfield | Mar 2, 2016 | No Comments

A new study concludes that most U.S. bike-share cities, including Chicago, have provided much better access to stations for whites than African Americans. The report is based on fall 2014 Divvy station location data, but the coverage area has greatly expanded since then to include many more communities of color, so it’s likely that geographic […]

Divvy Adding More Stations in Black Communities, Fewer Bikes Than Planned

By John Greenfield | Jan 13, 2016 | 7 Comments

Back in September 2014, former Illinois governor Pat Quinn announced a $3 million grant to help expand the Divvy system into Oak Park and Evanston, as well new areas on Chicago’s West Side and in the Rogers Park neighborhood. The plan was to install 70 stations and 700 bikes by spring or summer of 2015. […]

Divvy Is Hiking Membership Fee to $99, Adding an Installment Option

By John Greenfield | Dec 30, 2015 | 30 Comments

The bad news: Divvy’s announced today that their annual membership fee will be rising from $75 to $99, starting on February 1. The good news: The bike-share system will be offering a new option of paying for a membership in monthly installments. When Divvy launched back in June 2013, yearly memberships cost $75 and 24-hour […]

“Divvy For Everyone” Program Now Has Over 1,000 Members Across Chicago

By Steven Vance | Dec 11, 2015 | 1 Comment

The city’s Divvy For Everyone program to get low-income and unbanked residents using the popular bike-share system looks to be gaining popularity itself. Yesterday the Chicago Department of Transportation’s Divvy For Everyone program manager Amanda Woodall discussed D4E figures at the quarterly Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council, a public meeting where the city shares its bicycle initiatives. Until […]

Could Longer Rental Times Help Divvy Appeal to More Chicagoans?

By Michael Podgers | Nov 23, 2015 | 43 Comments

While visiting Vienna, Austria, I gave their CityBike Wien bike-share system a spin and found it has a couple of advantages over Chicago’s Divvy system. CityBike Wien is dirt cheap, with a one-time registration fee of only one euro, about a dollar, compared to $9.95 for a Divvy day pass. And the first hour of […]

O’Shea Can You See? Formerly Anti-Bike Alderman Now Wants Divvy

By John Greenfield | Oct 9, 2015 | 2 Comments

DNAinfo’s Ted Cox provided a nice write-up of an entertaining discussion of bike issues that took place at yesterday’s City Council budget hearings. You should definitely check out the original article, but here’s some additional background and analysis. It’s great that aldermen on the Far South Side are clamoring for Divvy stations in their wards. […]

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