All Discussions Tagged 'Divvy' - The Chainlink2024-03-29T01:27:08Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Divvy&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCTA and Divvy crash todaytag:thechainlink.org,2019-06-06:2211490:Topic:11235502019-06-06T15:10:44.834Zpat 5.5mihttps://thechainlink.org/profile/uic
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/bxhdck/careful_out_there_i_watched_a_cta_bus_completely/">https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/bxhdck/careful_out_there_i_watched_a_cta_bus_completely/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/bxhdck/careful_out_there_i_watched_a_cta_bus_completely/">https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/bxhdck/careful_out_there_i_watched_a_cta_bus_completely/</a></p> JUMP bikes in Chicago?tag:thechainlink.org,2017-11-02:2211490:Topic:10812952017-11-02T17:46:39.229ZJeffBhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Jeff500
<p>Has anyone seen these around town? I saw this one on Clark at Randolph this morning (11/2/17). This is the first I've seen. Are they going to be competition for Divvy? I was on my own bike so I didn't really check it out to see if it can be rented. It was locked to the rack with a built-in lock.…</p>
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<p>Has anyone seen these around town? I saw this one on Clark at Randolph this morning (11/2/17). This is the first I've seen. Are they going to be competition for Divvy? I was on my own bike so I didn't really check it out to see if it can be rented. It was locked to the rack with a built-in lock.</p>
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<p>So, in my earnestness to get home last night, I hopped on a Divvy at Lakeshore & Monroe. Lo and behold when I hopped off at Michigan Ave & Oak St, my keys were no longer in my pocket. I rode the LFT north from Monroe to just short of the curve before Oak St beach, saw the foot of ice on the path, doubled back, and crossed over near Northwestern and proceeded up the Drive on the sidewalk. If anyone happens to be in that area and finds them, I'd be ever so…</p>
<p>So, in my earnestness to get home last night, I hopped on a Divvy at Lakeshore & Monroe. Lo and behold when I hopped off at Michigan Ave & Oak St, my keys were no longer in my pocket. I rode the LFT north from Monroe to just short of the curve before Oak St beach, saw the foot of ice on the path, doubled back, and crossed over near Northwestern and proceeded up the Drive on the sidewalk. If anyone happens to be in that area and finds them, I'd be ever so grateful.</p>
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<p>Divvy Fob # 95944</p>
<p>Flat key for my u-lock</p>
<p>(2) Building Keys</p>
<p>Black bottle opener</p> CRAIN'S: No Grant for Divvy Expansion to Evanston, Oak Parktag:thechainlink.org,2014-05-19:2211490:Topic:8201522014-05-19T16:54:03.118ZAndy Moss 9.5https://thechainlink.org/profile/AndyMoss
<h1>Gov. Quinn denies $3 million grant to expand Divvy</h1>
<p>The Quinn administration has denied an application by the city of Chicago for a $3 million grant for Divvy, puncturing a hole in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to expand the bicycle-sharing program.</p>
<p>Chicago was shut out last month when the Illinois Department of Transportation announced nearly $53 million in grants under the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program. The Emanuel administration had planned to use the money to buy…</p>
<h1>Gov. Quinn denies $3 million grant to expand Divvy</h1>
<p>The Quinn administration has denied an application by the city of Chicago for a $3 million grant for Divvy, puncturing a hole in Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to expand the bicycle-sharing program.</p>
<p>Chicago was shut out last month when the Illinois Department of Transportation announced nearly $53 million in grants under the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program. The Emanuel administration had planned to use the money to buy 75 docking stations, extending the reach of the program into Oak Park and Evanston.</p>
<p>The denial came as Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Quinn were jabbing at each other over a much larger issue: a bill backed by the mayor overhauling the finances of two city pension funds that would require a $750 million hike in Chicago property taxes over five years. The bill, which passed the Illinois General Assembly on April 8, is awaiting approval by Mr. Quinn, who has <a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140428/BLOGS02/140429786/quinn-floats-new-source-for-city-pensions-income-tax" target="_blank"><strong>objected to the tax hike</strong></a> at a time when he has made lowering property taxes a key part of his re-election campaign.</p>
<p>The joint application by Chicago and the two suburbs was part of a competitive field of 232 applications requesting over $260 million, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation said. The department on April 12 <a href="http://www3.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=2&RecNum=12121" target="_blank"><strong>selected 71 proposals for the program,</strong></a> which is funded by the federal government.</p>
<p>“We are enthusiastically behind the idea of bike sharing,” the spokesman said, noting that Chicago has won transportation enhancement grants in the past. “It's just a matter of finding a funding fit.”</p>
<p>The largest grants were about $2.2 million each to Evanston, for a bicycle path along Chicago Avenue, and west suburban Winfield, to build a portion of what is called the West Regional Trail. The Emanuel administration is working with the two suburbs to find other sources of funding, a spokesman for the Chicago Department of Transportation said in an email.</p>
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<p>The blow of losing the grant was eased on May 1, when city officials announced a five-year, $12.5 million sponsorship agreement with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois.</p>
<p>“Our partnership with Blue Cross helps us to expand the bike share system, improve and maintain bike lanes, and encourage cycling in all neighborhoods across Chicago,” Mayor Emanuel said, according to a statement.</p>
<p>The $3 million IDOT grant would have been about 11 percent of the $27.4 million in public funding the Emanuel administration had planned to use to get Divvy rolling.</p>
<p>The bulk of Divvy's startup costs are to be funded by three federal grants, totaling $24.4 million, which require matching city funds of $6.1 million, according to information obtained from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Chicago officials say their local contribution is $175,000 more than federal records show.</p>
<p>The Emanuel administration last year obtained obtained funding to increase the number of bike stations to from 300, to 475, which is considered key to converting Divvy from a tourist attraction to a day-to-day program that city residents use for routine trips instead of automobiles. The state grant would have added another 75 stations.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140514/NEWS02/140519922/quinn-denies-3-million-grant-to-expand-divvy?r=NO_VALUE">http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20140514/NEWS02/140519922/quinn-denies-3-million-grant-to-expand-divvy?r=NO_VALUE</a></p> 49th Ward Community Meeting- Divvy Expansion/New Bike Routestag:thechainlink.org,2014-04-13:2211490:Topic:8119672014-04-13T01:42:23.079ZFran Kondorfhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/FranKondorf
<p>Reposting this from Everyblock RP-</p>
<p><a href="http://chicago.everyblock.com/neighbor-events/apr17-community-meeting-expansion-divvy-bike-share-and-proposed-6084201/">http://chicago.everyblock.com/neighbor-events/apr17-community-meeting-expansion-divvy-bike-share-and-proposed-6084201/</a></p>
<p>Next Thursday, 7pm at Field School, (7019 N. Ashland Blvd.- Lunt side entrance), CDOT meets with 49th ward residents to discuss Divvy bike share expansion and proposed new bike routes to connect…</p>
<p>Reposting this from Everyblock RP-</p>
<p><a href="http://chicago.everyblock.com/neighbor-events/apr17-community-meeting-expansion-divvy-bike-share-and-proposed-6084201/">http://chicago.everyblock.com/neighbor-events/apr17-community-meeting-expansion-divvy-bike-share-and-proposed-6084201/</a></p>
<p>Next Thursday, 7pm at Field School, (7019 N. Ashland Blvd.- Lunt side entrance), CDOT meets with 49th ward residents to discuss Divvy bike share expansion and proposed new bike routes to connect Edgewater to Evanston.</p>
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<p></p> Who's up for a New Years Day -- Night Divvy Rally?tag:thechainlink.org,2014-01-01:2211490:Topic:7841322014-01-01T03:06:50.473ZBrucehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Bruce583
<p>My idea is to meet downtown at Daley Plaza at around 6 and then head over to the lakefront so we can gather as many people and as many Divvies as possible. We can go around a few neighborhoods N & S and stop in at Divvy Stations to switch bikes with each other. Let's hope there's still snow!</p>
<p>My idea is to meet downtown at Daley Plaza at around 6 and then head over to the lakefront so we can gather as many people and as many Divvies as possible. We can go around a few neighborhoods N & S and stop in at Divvy Stations to switch bikes with each other. Let's hope there's still snow!</p> Divvy Reactionstag:thechainlink.org,2013-08-23:2211490:Topic:7461662013-08-23T21:30:55.863ZMichael Snydelhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MichaelSnydel
<p>Hey everybody,</p>
<p> My name's Michael Snydel and I'm a Journalism Graduate Student at Columbia Chicago. For Chicago Talks, I'm writing a story about the Divvy bike-sharing program and how veteran bikers react to it? What i'm asking is how has everybody's experiences on this community been with the Divvy program and especially its riders? Do Divvy riders follow the laws or have they been difficult? I would love some reactions. How do you all as a community view the Divvy program?…</p>
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<p> My name's Michael Snydel and I'm a Journalism Graduate Student at Columbia Chicago. For Chicago Talks, I'm writing a story about the Divvy bike-sharing program and how veteran bikers react to it? What i'm asking is how has everybody's experiences on this community been with the Divvy program and especially its riders? Do Divvy riders follow the laws or have they been difficult? I would love some reactions. How do you all as a community view the Divvy program? Because this is an news article, I do need names though so if you're interested in speaking with me, I would like to use your name for the story. If you'd like to contact me, my phone number is 630-201-4923 and my email is michael.snydel@loop.colum.edu. Thanks everybody.</p> NIMBYs invalidate my newly purchased Divvy membershiptag:thechainlink.org,2013-08-22:2211490:Topic:7447492013-08-22T03:37:09.423ZAmanda Whttps://thechainlink.org/profile/AmandaWezeman
<p>I'd been waiting to get my Divvy membership until stations popped up near me. I work in the suburbs, not downtown, so I mainly want a membership in order to more easily get to and from the train on those days when I don't feel like riding 22 miles roundtrip to work.</p>
<p>I finally bought my membership on Monday when I saw new stations opening up closer and closer to me. I was thrilled earlier today to read on Divvy's Twitter feed that a station is going up very close to me, on Addison and…</p>
<p>I'd been waiting to get my Divvy membership until stations popped up near me. I work in the suburbs, not downtown, so I mainly want a membership in order to more easily get to and from the train on those days when I don't feel like riding 22 miles roundtrip to work.</p>
<p>I finally bought my membership on Monday when I saw new stations opening up closer and closer to me. I was thrilled earlier today to read on Divvy's Twitter feed that a station is going up very close to me, on Addison and Pine Grove.</p>
<p>And then I read this: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-divvy-bike-sharing-lawsuit-20130821,0,2389271.story">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-divvy-bike-sharing-lawsuit-20130821,0,2389271.story</a>.</p>
<p>I'm furious. What can I (we) do to counter these NIMBY types? I think it's entirely unfair that a couple of cranky people can ruin bikeshare for my neighborhood.</p>