What would Chicago look like with 5,000 bike share vehicles?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 26, 2011 at 1:53pm

My vision of a real bike share program has a lot of currently unhappy commuters getting a better connection between the downtown end of their train or bus trip and their offices.  I know plenty of people who come into downtown on Metra or CTA and have terrible connections or no workable transit options at all on the downtown end.

A year ago, I was one of those people.  Having bike share locations at ALL downtown Metra stations, major CTA locations and major office destinations could make a lot of commutes cheaper, faster and easier.  If bike share had been an option for me a year ago, I could have saved 10-15 minutes, the cost of a CTA-Metra link-up pass ($39/month) and a lot of wear and tear on my battered knees going up and down stairs at non-ADA accessible CTA stations.

 

Also, think of the possibilities for lunchtimes - being able to get across downtown quicker and easier to meet friends for lunch, run an errand, go to a medical appt., attend a lunchtime concert or lecture, or just go for a short ride.  You get the idea.

Steven Vance said:

Perhaps I should have written that the winning RFP respondent's bike sharing system may be nothing like B-Cycle. B-Cycle is certainly entitled to submit a proposal for this RFP, but six companies bid for the bike sharing system in New York City, and the same six could submit proposals here. 

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