NYC bike-sharing program’s new roll-out date is May
Citi Bike, the long-awaited but sometimes-delayed bike-share program that is slated to open 600 bike-sharing “stations” with 10,000 bikes across the city, is now slated to roll out in May with locations in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene, it has been announced online.
The program is sponsored by the city Department of Transportation (DOT), Citibank and Mastercard, and is being implemented by Alta Bicycle Share, which has installed bike-share systems in cities across the U.S.
The program was supposed to be launched last summer, but was postponed due to technical glitches, according to numerous reports. Some of the company’s equipment was also damaged during Hurricane Sandy when it was being stored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to DOT.
A map has been issued showing locations of the bike-sharing stations, with blue dots showing stations that will hopefully be “ready to go,” and gray dots showing stations that are “in the works.”