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Hungry for more bike-share maps? Yeah, us too. Thanks to Steven Romalewski, the director of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Mapping Service, we’ve got our fix.
In a post on his Spatiality blog, Romalewski uses GIS to analyze the 413 bike-share stations posted on DOT’s website so far. One map, shown above, shows each station with the size of the station displayed graphically. At a glance, you can see the number of docks per station decrease as you move away from employment centers and subway lines, or into Brooklyn and Queens. For an interactive version, click here.
Romalewski also found that the locations of the bike-share stations tracked the map of the subway system relatively closely — no surprise, since that’s where the density, destinations and demand are. Half of all stations are within one avenue block of a subway station, according to his analysis. Only 21 stations are more than a half-mile from the subway (the furthest is on the Hudson River Greenway, four avenues from the Port Authority).
Remember when a few people opposed bikeshare?
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It's been fascinating to watch some of the coverage and debates over bike sharing in New York. In so many ways, it mirrors what happened in DC. At first, many people didn't understand it or opposed it. Once it opened, fears faded away.
New City Mural Has 'Too Much Pink,' Gripe Kips Bay Residents
The Department of Transportation recently installed a bright pink mural on a bike-lane barrier at Waterside Plaza in the hopes of beautifying the neighborhood — but residents say they should've been consulted about the project before the blocks-long piece was installed.
Eyes on the Street: Fresh Stripes in the South Slope
Over the weekend, crews finished striping new bike routes on 14th Street and 15th Street in Brooklyn, creating a safer east-west connection between Prospect Park West and Third Avenue on the southern end of Park Slope. These are painted, unprotected lanes, except for the westbound stretch between PPW and Eighth Avenue, which is sharrows. Reader Brian Wilson sent in this photo of the new stripes on 14th Street by the Park Slope Armory.
CityRacks are free sidewalk bicycle parking racks, placed throughout New York City by the DOT. They hope to encourage cycling for commuting, short trips and errands. CityRacks accommodate all types of bicycles and locks. CityRacks are not intended to be used for long-term parking.
Biked from Penn Station to work once this week, on the 9th avenue bike lane. More wrong-way bicyclists than usual, one garbage truck, one construction closure, one pushcart, several clueless pedestrians, a couple of borderline-homicidal taxis. At least the bunch waiting for a bus wasn't milling around in the lane like they usually do.
I hate this misconception some people have. Bike WITH, not AGAINST traffic! Biking towards a moving object at a high rate of speed only gives you and the driver less time to react accordingly. Also, drivers and pedestrians will not expect you to come opposite the direction of normal traffic at intersections.
Please spread the knowledge, it is very dangerous.
Gearing up for Citi Bike Gripes aside, many businesses are rolling with bike-share program.
The Bloomberg administration has touted the city's new bike-share program as good for the environment and one's health, but companies around New York are hoping it may also be good for business. After more than a year of delays, the program will finally launch Memorial Day weekend, according to sources within the administration. Officially, City Hall will say only that it is launching sometime in May.
I hate this misconception some people have. Bike WITH, not AGAINST traffic! Biking towards a moving object at a high rate of speed only gives you and the driver less time to react accordingly. Also, drivers and pedestrians will not expect you to come opposite the direction of normal traffic at intersections.
Please spread the knowledge, it is very dangerous.
Those riding against traffic, are known as 'Salmon' in the urban cycling world.
Most Salmon I encounter are delivery guys.
I agree, it's pretty dangerous not only for them but for people properly riding with the flow of traffic.
EVEN THOUGH I am a leisurley bike rider, i find all these bike riders in the midst of heavy traffic a real hazzard to the roads. They are just plain freaking annoying.
we have so many bike lanes on our narrow streets and they really are a PITA.
this is america, not europe.
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