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

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on August 19, 2013 at 12:32am

An article by Hilkevitch reporting about Divvy so far:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/ct-met-getting-...

Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 19, 2013 at 12:39am
Looks like Hilkevitch took a sip of the Divvy kool-aid. His tone is changing.

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

An article by Hilkevitch reporting about Divvy so far:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/ct-met-getting-...

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 19, 2013 at 3:28am

Too bad that article is behind the paywall.

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Looks like Hilkevitch took a sip of the Divvy kool-aid. His tone is changing.

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

An article by Hilkevitch reporting about Divvy so far:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/ct-met-getting-...

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 19, 2013 at 3:32am

I know :((  I saw it in the daily Crains email and couldn't read it unless I signed up.

Anne Alt said:

Too bad that article is behind the paywall.

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Looks like Hilkevitch took a sip of the Divvy kool-aid. His tone is changing.

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

An article by Hilkevitch reporting about Divvy so far:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/ct-met-getting-...

Permalink Reply by Duppie on August 19, 2013 at 3:34am

When you search the article in Google, you can circumvent the paywall. Like this:

https://www.google.com/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=1fbce05d07bf5ef1&a...

Click on the link, et voila! Hat tip goes to John Greenfield.


Anne Alt said:

Too bad that article is behind the paywall.

Duppie 13.5185km said:

Looks like Hilkevitch took a sip of the Divvy kool-aid. His tone is changing.

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

An article by Hilkevitch reporting about Divvy so far:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/ct-met-getting-...

Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on August 19, 2013 at 3:45am

Thanks for sharing, Lisa, and for the solution, Duppie.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 19, 2013 at 4:09am

Thank you! Yes, it does sound like he's changing his tune.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on August 19, 2013 at 4:33am

Aren't journalists supposed to be skeptical :))

Thing is.... sometimes the line between news and editorial can get blurred.


Anne Alt said:

Thank you! Yes, it does sound like he's changing his tune.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on August 19, 2013 at 6:33am

Until recent months, he's generally been fairly open minded about bikes as transportation. Some of his recent writing has sounded rather anti-bike - not the norm for him. In this latest piece, he sounds more like his old self.

Permalink Reply by Anne B. on August 19, 2013 at 7:09am

Some positive/awesome Divvy news: my supervisor at work hadn't ridden a bike since childhood and when she heard about Divvy a few months ago her eyes got all wide and she was SO excited for it! She doesn't own a bike and never would have considered biking in the city were it not for the program. She checked out a bike for the first time today. It was so cool talking to her about it- she said it worked perfectly and it was fun and a nice way to get some exercise. The birth of another bike fan :) 

FYI for folks that there's a discount on annual memberships until 8/31 for UIC faculty/staff. I can't tell if this applies to students too.

http://blog.sustainability.uic.edu/2013/08/divvy-chicagos-new-bike-...

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on August 19, 2013 at 9:44am

Great news!  Just what the Mayor and Gabe Klein wanted. ;-) 

And let her know about our Women Bike Chicago events.  She is definitely in the target audience.
 
Anne B. said:

Some positive/awesome Divvy news: my supervisor at work hadn't ridden a bike since childhood and when she heard about Divvy a few months ago her eyes got all wide and she was SO excited for it! She doesn't own a bike and never would have considered biking in the city were it not for the program. She checked out a bike for the first time today. It was so cool talking to her about it- she said it worked perfectly and it was fun and a nice way to get some exercise. The birth of another bike fan :) 

FYI for folks that there's a discount on annual memberships until 8/31 for UIC faculty/staff. I can't tell if this applies to students too.

http://blog.sustainability.uic.edu/2013/08/divvy-chicagos-new-bike-...

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on August 19, 2013 at 9:53am

Divvy is turning up in places I would not expect.  I saw what looked to me to be two tourists on Divvy Bikes in Welles Park on Saturday early evening.  (Young Asian women speaking an Asiatic language and looking very lost in the middle of Shakespeare in the Park)  That has to be a mistake.  NO functioning Divvy Stations anywhere in the area.   These folks were clearly well outside the half hour range...

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