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May Be Addictive: Real Time Visualization of Citi Bike

Susi // bike share

How strongly beats the heart of cycling in New York City? See for yourself by logging onto a real time visualization of Citi Bike share use (screen shot above) and pressing the “Animation” button on the control panel. Then watch the pulse of corpuscle-like [...]

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Photos: Women Celebrate Citi Bike Launch

Susi // advocacy, bike share

A women’s celebration last week of Citi Bike share’s launch in New York City was the gift that kept on giving. I came away from a day of group riding with women who are similarly passionate about cycling thinking that we need to make more [...]

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Week 1 Recap + Citi Bike Opens to Public June 2

Susi // bike share

Are you ready for some Citi Bike share first-week stats?After 5 days of previews, annual bike share members had clocked 40,524 trips covering 118,780 miles. Membership has surpassed the 25,000 mark. How’s that for early adopters? On Sunday, those who have been scratching their [...]

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Will Bike Share Attract More NYC Women to Cycling?

Susi // bike share

As of Wednesday, just three days after launch, Citi Bike share had attracted 21,300 annual members. So far, the percentage of women tracks with general bike commuting statistics here. However, if other U.S. cities with bike share systems provide any indication, the numbers could [...]

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Is Citi Bike Share the Omafiets of NYC?

Susi // bike share

Those who have traveled to Amsterdam, where bicycling is ingrained in the culture, know about the simple bicycles called Omafiets (above), or grandma bikes, that citizens own and use for daily transportation. They’re a classic, upright design that’s sturdy, durable, simple to maintain and built [...]

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Citi Bike Undocking Tip: Lift to Separate

Susi // bike share

As a follow-up to last week’s post on our Citi Bike preview ride, it turns out there’s an easy way to coax a blue bike from its docking port. While the impulse may be to manhandle these hefty bikes once the release light turns [...]

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Chic Helmet Totes: Give Love Cycle

Susi // accessories, fashion

The arrival of Capital Bikeshare in 2010 not only introduced Washington DC residents to a new public transit option, but it also changed Debra Zusin’s life. The 31-year-old lawyer had done some trail riding, but bike share, combined with improving infrastructure and more cyclists on [...]

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My First Ride on Citi Bike Share

Susi // bike share, city cycling 101

On a recent weekend, I took a Citi Bike preview ride with a small group of cyclists who had volunteered for a photo shoot. The New York City Department of Transportation announced last week that the city’s newest public transit option, comprising 6,000 bikes [...]

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What to Do About Bike Share Helmets?

Susi // accessories, bike share

As friends and colleagues watch Citi Bike stations spring up on the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn and envision themselves astride the blue bikes, a common question is: What to do about bike share helmets? Current helmet-wearing cyclists who plan to add a Citi [...]

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Meet the Women Cyclists Who’ll Inspire You

Susi // city cycling 101, women in cycling

The remarkable line-up of speakers for No Sweat! A Girls’ Guide to Bicycling in New York City, the panel on women’s cycling that I’ll be moderating at Bike Expo New York on Saturday, May 4 at 1 p.m. have varied backgrounds. What unites [...]

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