Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about bike share

Details on how to earn ride credit and schwag through Divvy’s Bike Angels program

By John Greenfield | May 5, 2021 | No Comments

Divvy bike-share recently launched a new program called Bike Angels where users can ride bikes from crowded stations to ones that are empty or running out of bikes in order to rack up rewards.

Bike-share equity in the time of coronavirus

By Courtney Cobbs | Apr 20, 2021 | No Comments

How did bike-share companies' COVID-19 response impact access to their cycles and bike-share equity?

Here’s how to provide input on new West Side Divvy station locations

By John Greenfield | Apr 14, 2021 | No Comments

This year CDOT and Lyft will be expanding the system further into the West side, and once again they're looking for feedback from local residents on where the new stations should go.

Riding an e-Divvy on the Lakefront Trail. Photo: John Greenfield

It’s not your imagination: Divvy’s e-bikes actually are slower now

By John Greenfield | Nov 23, 2020 | No Comments

It's not a great marketing strategy to charge a premium to use a service, get people used to using that service at level X, and then quietly lower the service quality to level Z.

Divvy in the time of coronavirus: What the bike-share system is doing to protect riders, workers

By John Greenfield | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

More people are opting to bike instead of ride transit to reduce viral exposure, and Divvy ridership is up 26 percent over last year.

LeBron James introduces the LyftUp program at an event in Harlem. Photo: Lyft

The LyftUp free bike-share program for low-income teens is great, but Lyft is not

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 31, 2020 | No Comments

The LeBron James-endorsed LyftUp program to give free bike-share memberships to low-income teens is terrific. The impact of Lyft ride-hail on cities, no so much.

A worker collects Divvy bikes for redistribution to empty stations at the Wilson 'L' stop this morning. Photo: John Greenfield

Divvy Deal Passes, and Uber Fails to Buy the Future of Chicago Bike-Share

By John Greenfield | Apr 10, 2019 | 23 Comments

Uber's month-long misinformation campaign against the Divvy/Lyft deal ultimately failed, meaning Chicago will get citywide expansion while maintaining public control of bike-share.

A Slow Roll Chicago ride in Bronzeville in 2015. Divvy has provided loaners for Slow Roll events. Photo: John Greenfield

Cyclists Voice Equity Concerns About Divvy Expansion at City Hall Meeting

By Igor Studenkov | Mar 19, 2019 | 5 Comments

Advocates want to make sure that the expanded bike-share system will be accessible to low-income and unbanked Chicagoans, as well as people with disabilities.

Lyft May Spend $50M to Expand Divvy to All Wards, Using Dockless-Option eBikes

By John Greenfield | Mar 12, 2019 | 36 Comments

The city says the deal would generate $77 million in revenue, but it would also mean Lyft would have exclusive rights to operate bike-share in Chicago.

The Division Street bike lanes in Humboldt Park. Photo: John Greenfield

A Tale of Two Communities: Views on Transportation in Humboldt Park and Evanston

By Lynda Lopez | Dec 13, 2018 | 5 Comments

A new study of attitudes towards biking, walking, and transit in these communities underscores the importance of considering local contexts when making transportation policy.

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