Chicago bike sharing will be known as Divvy, be Chicago flag blue
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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on
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Yes! this would make it practical for me to use it as an alternate commuter assuming that a station ends up at the 35th and Archer Orange Line stop/bus terminal.
Shaun Jacobsen said:I also wanted to add that it would be wonderful if the city someday added an option to go up to 45 minutes free instead of 30, as in New York. You can also do this on Vélib' in Paris if you pay more per year (39 € instead of 29). It would be a good option for getting to further neighborhoods.
With my current road bike, which is pretty quick, it takes me about 45 minutes to get from Union Station to my apartment in Uptown at 5pm. Sometimes I'll stop at the grocery store on the way back but on those days where I don't ride in to work, it'd be nice to be able to grab a bike, ride to Lakeview for groceries, then hop on a bus. That's just a personal scenario. Anyone else think that 30 minutes will eventually be too short for some trips once the system expands, or is that just me being selfish with the "sharing" aspect? :P
One more thing, on the sharing note.... do we have any idea how many bikes will be at each dock? From what I've heard some of the docks in more popular areas might "dry up" pretty quickly, especially since we're a more "centralized" city in that a ton of employment is in the Loop and the imbalance might be high. I know they re-balance the bikes, but how quickly?
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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on
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I also agree that 45 minutes would be better. It takes me around 35 minutes to get from Lake View to the Loop, and I'd like to not have to stop halfway to switch bikes. The limit should be however long it takes to get from the edge of the coverage area to the Loop.
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Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on
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I wonder if if we just paid our membership fees for 6 months of use. Will they close shop when winter arrives?
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From the Divvy website:
With thousands of bikes at hundreds of stations, Divvy will be available for use 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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The contract states you cannot ride in dangerous conditions including SNOW.
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I searched for the contract, I don't see it posted anywhere on the site.
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The contract says snow is dangerous? With those tires? That should be fixed. That seems like a micro-scandal right there. Advertise it as a 365 day a year service but then include contractual prohibitions from using the service 25 days* a year.
*http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Illinois/Places/chicago-snowf...
Apie (10.6) said:The contract states you cannot ride in dangerous conditions including SNOW.
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Permalink Reply by Duppie on
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https://www.divvybikes.com/user-agreement
Apie (10.6) said:Does anyone have a link to the contract we all signed?
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"You must not operate a Divvy bicycle in poor or dangerous weather conditions, including snow, hail, ice, or electrical storms, which could make it more dangerous to operate a Divvy bicycle."
Do you think they will lock up the docks for brief periods during winter?
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Doubtful. It's more likely that phrasing will just be used in case someone sues Divvy because they fell off their bike in a snowstorm.
Apie (10.6) said:"You must not operate a Divvy bicycle in poor or dangerous weather conditions, including snow, hail, ice, or electrical storms, which could make it more dangerous to operate a Divvy bicycle."
Do you think they will lock up the docks for brief periods during winter?
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Permalink Reply by Arup Sarma on
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Has anyone received a confirmation e-mail after signing up? I got to the page that confirmed my membership (#868, I think) but never received an e-mail.
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