Divvy expansion finally happening?

I see some reports that the Divvy expansion is finally happening (south-side first). But no word from the usually marketing-savvy Divvy folks.

Anyone have an update on the expansion, and it's timeline?

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Permalink Reply by Shea on April 15, 2015 at 6:50am

Looks like it started on Monday. Just found this article.

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2015/04/15/divvy-challenge.php

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on April 16, 2015 at 2:51am

They added 7 stations overnight. Total of 317 now.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 16, 2015 at 5:55am

They added one at a place I expected, but perhaps I only expected it because it has been on the list and it is my orange line stop at Archer and 35th!

Hopefully this will add some weight to the conclusion that Archer needs bike lanes east of Throop.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 16, 2015 at 6:43am

me? well, personally I ride my own bike pretty much everywhere, so no, not really. But my wife is more inclined to not ride in the rain or snow, and she has a DIVVY membership so she will probably use it occasionally. Think a rainy morning when she takes the el to work, but then the sun comes out in time for the commute home.

I can't see using it enough to get a membership for myself and the cost for one day pass is just too high or me for the occasional commuting emergency (like say, somehow both of my working bikes are not working). Also, riding one of those big slow bikes to where I'm currently working in 30 min would be challenging and nerve-wracking.

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 19, 2015 at 12:26pm

Was my answer not clear?

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Permalink Reply by Sarah D. on April 16, 2015 at 3:10am

They give great, detailed updates at the MBAC meetings - next one is May 7.

Another source for information would be the Aldermanic offices in the areas that you're interested in. I've seen posts by aldermen with the new stations on FB.

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Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on April 19, 2015 at 12:48pm

Thanks. May 7 is on my calendar. Really wish they would do these things outside of 9-5 hours.

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Permalink Reply by Thunder Snow on April 17, 2015 at 3:01am

As far as I know, this is still accurate as far as new locations; I don't know the timeline or order of deployments:

http://divvybikes.tumblr.com/post/95362930905/expansion-map-2015

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Permalink Reply by David Altenburg on April 17, 2015 at 6:17am

https://twitter.com/DivvyTrack is an unofficial way to see stations coming online. It periodically pings the real-time station API and posts changes when they occur. (I'm not affiliated with it).