Last week the Chicago Department of Transportation released a map of the 108 upcoming Divvy bike-share station sites, but it was a little tricky to see exactly where the docking spots would be installed. We asked CDOT and Divvy for the specific locations, and they provided the following list of intersections where the big blue bikes will be deployed within the city, as well as Evanston and Oak Park.
Eighty-five stations will be installed in the city, mostly within low-to-moderate-income communities of color on the West, Southwest, and South sides. Ten stations will be placed in Evanston and 13 will go to Oak Park -- these suburbs lined up their own funding for their stations.
"Note that only 80 Chicago stations are listed due to a few stations that remain in flux," Explained Divvy general manager Elliot Greenberger. "Because of this, some of the stations on the map and list are slightly different."
This week Divvy plans to complete the West Side expansion today. Next they will get started on the Southwest expansion, followed by the South Side, Greenberger said. As of Monday evening, they had deployed the following 8 stations:
Conservatory Dr & Lake St station.
Cicero Ave & Lake St
Austin Blvd & Lake St
Central Park Blvd & 5th Ave
Kenton Ave & Madison St
Pulaski Rd & Madison St
Kostner Ave & Lake St
Laramie Ave & Kinzie St
Check out the full list of upcoming stations below, and let us know what you think of the locations in the comments section.
In addition to editing Streetsblog Chicago, John writes about transportation and other topics for additional local publications. A Chicagoan since 1989, he enjoys exploring the city on foot, bike, bus, and 'L' train.
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In the short term, new signage is needed to designate legal areas for cycling on the path. In the long term CDOT should build the proposed Wacker Drive protected bike lane.