Divvy’s sleek new electric bike model is going to be a hot commodity for riders
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"Overall I'm impressed with the new Divvy bikes and look forward to snagging one whenever I’m away from my own bike."
Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about bike share
What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?
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When the person clogging the bikeway is employed by a city-owned bike-share system, an entity whose entire purpose is to make bicycling easier, this kind of blockage can feel like a betrayal.
Details on how to earn ride credit and schwag through Divvy’s Bike Angels program
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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
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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
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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.
It’s not your imagination: Divvy’s e-bikes actually are slower now
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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
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More people are opting to bike instead of ride transit to reduce viral exposure, and Divvy ridership is up 26 percent over last year.
The LyftUp free bike-share program for low-income teens is great, but Lyft is not
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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.
Divvy Deal Passes, and Uber Fails to Buy the Future of Chicago Bike-Share
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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.
Cyclists Voice Equity Concerns About Divvy Expansion at City Hall Meeting
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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
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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.