City declares new bike sharing program "busiest in the world."

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on July 23, 2013 at 11:42pm

Chicago’s bike-sharing program on Saturday afternoon became for a short time the busiest bike-sharing program in the world in terms of percentage of available bikes in use.

At its peak, 38 percent of the 710 operational bikes stationed around the city were in use Saturday afternoon, according to Elliot Greenberger, spokesman for “Divvy,” Chicago’s bike-sharing program.

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on July 24, 2013 at 12:32pm

Haha, percentage in use. Must be the same logic they use to say crime isn't bad.

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on July 24, 2013 at 1:15pm

Very encouraging news! So much so that some people whom I never expected to ride a bicycle in the city signed up and posted FB pictures of their new way of getting around.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on July 24, 2013 at 1:24pm

How else could they compare programs with vastly different numbers of bicycles in use?

Jason W said:

Haha, percentage in use. Must be the same logic they use to say crime isn't bad.

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Permalink Reply by Jason W on July 24, 2013 at 1:32pm

They could wait more than 3 weeks to declare victory...

Lisa Curcio 6.5 mi said:

How else could they compare programs with vastly different numbers of bicycles in use?

Jason W said:

Haha, percentage in use. Must be the same logic they use to say crime isn't bad.

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Permalink Reply by BruceBikes on July 24, 2013 at 2:38pm

Just fyi, here's the official press release this story was based on.  It looks like a London group made the "world's busiest" claim.

Despite the hype, it's exciting to see (in the press release) about 40 more stations are scheduled for launch.

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