Chicago bike sharing will be known as Divvy, be Chicago flag blue

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on May 29, 2013 at 7:43am

#517.  

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on May 29, 2013 at 7:52am

I'm guessing the Mayor and Commissioner Klein are holding #1 & #2.  Since I couldn't be first to sign up, I'm waiting to be the last. ;P

Permalink Reply by David Barish on May 29, 2013 at 8:06am

I love the idea but doubt I will join. I can see using a bike to get from my loop office to places within a couple miles of the loop on the rare days when this need arises.  Generally, I will have planned to bring my bike on those days.  I am encouraging my daughter who will be in NYC this Summer to consider Citi Bikes as she will have a roughly 3 mile commute to work and there are stations close to work and home for her.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 29, 2013 at 8:19am

Sounds like it could be a practical solution for your daughter.

David Barish said:

I love the idea but doubt I will join. I can see using a bike to get from my loop office to places within a couple miles of the loop on the rare days when this need arises.  Generally, I will have planned to bring my bike on those days.  I am encouraging my daughter who will be in NYC this Summer to consider Citi Bikes as she will have a roughly 3 mile commute to work and there are stations close to work and home for her.

Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on May 29, 2013 at 8:56am

#263.

Black key.

Yay!

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 29, 2013 at 9:16am

I'm guessing the Mayor and Commissioner Klein are holding #1 & #2.

They're #1 and #128 according to what's been posted on Facebook today.

Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on May 29, 2013 at 9:24am

#434

I wasn't going to join until I took a closer look at the stations, and realized this may nicely fill a gap between the Jackson Blue line and Museum Campus for me (at this point the bus service is so bad in "non peak" tourist hours that I often just walk).

I suspect I'll find more uses as I'm cheap and will want to get the most bang for my $65!

Thunder Snow said:

...Divvy will replace for many of us that annoying $5 or $10 taxi ride, or 10-minute bus wait, from a Metra station to our final destination.  Metra & CTA have bike restrictions in the mornings and evenings, and even traveling on a crowded train with a folding bike can be difficult in a packed rush hour train car.  I wouldn't even attempt bringing a bike of any sort on the Brown Line at 5:15 PM, as riders are already completely sardined in.  I can see all kinds of ways Divvy might help me.

Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on May 29, 2013 at 9:42am

Carter, the way I look at it $65/365= 17.8 cents a day.  You can further split that 18 cents by several rides in one day.  Seems like its worth the money to try out for a year.  I don't see how you can lose unless you never ride at all.

Divvy has just parsed out the list of the first stations to be installed in June, to make it easier to figure out:

http://divvybikes.tumblr.com/post/51659846895/weve-been-getting-que...

 

Permalink Reply by Duppie on May 29, 2013 at 10:08am

As usual, Steven Vance over on StreetsBlog Chicago beat them to it and it is even in an searchable/clickable map

https://www.google.com/fusiontables/data?docid=1nU6otJCTTGFSpTmRMtJ...

Divvy should hire Steven.

Thunder Snow said:

Carter, the way I look at it $65/365= 17.8 cents a day.  You can further split that 18 cents by several rides in one day.  Seems like its worth the money to try out for a year.  I don't see how you can lose unless you never ride at all.

Divvy has just parsed out the list of the first stations to be installed in June, to make it easier to figure out:

http://divvybikes.tumblr.com/post/51659846895/weve-been-getting-que...

 

Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on May 29, 2013 at 10:47am

Alderman Pewar was the first alderman to sign up (#118) and our executive director, Ron, is #194!

We've got a couple more staffers in the mix, too.

Thanks,

Ethan Spotts, Active Trans (who's still working out financial details with my personal finance director and hopes to sign up soon)

Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on May 29, 2013 at 10:53am

Agreed.  I was originally thinking along the lines of other folks here "I've got a bike, I ride it all the time, this isn't geared towards me."  But it's worth supporting even if I only use it in frequently - I'm thinking it's one of those resources you may not know you need until you REALLY need it.

Thunder Snow said:

Carter, the way I look at it $65/365= 17.8 cents a day.  You can further split that 18 cents by several rides in one day.  Seems like its worth the money to try out for a year.  I don't see how you can lose unless you never ride at all.

Divvy has just parsed out the list of the first stations to be installed in June, to make it easier to figure out:

http://divvybikes.tumblr.com/post/51659846895/weve-been-getting-que...

 

Permalink Reply by Cheryl on May 29, 2013 at 12:02pm

#762. I agree with others above - I can think of a few uses despite owning a bike, and will likely come up with more now that I'm a member!

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