Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Divvy

Unlocking the new gray Divvy e-bikes with a key fob by placing the fob under the LCD screen. Photo: Divvy

We asked CDOT a question about Divvy fobs, and they didn’t just fob us off

By John Greenfield | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

It turns out that Divvy members can unlock electric bike-share cycles with their plastic key fobs, even if they're not parked at traditional docking stations.

Biking on 55th Street in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Photo: Steven Lucy

Glass-half-full Bike League report highlights Chicago’s successes in promoting cycling

By John Greenfield | Jan 28, 2022 | No Comments

LAB did a good job of laying out some of the things that CDOT has gotten right when promoting cycling, while noting that we still need a lot more miles of protected bike lanes.

The Washington-Wabash 'L' station. CTA and Metra rolled own new lower fare prices this year. Photo: John Greenfield

The lows and highs of Chicagoland’s 2021 transportation news

By Courtney Cobbs | Jan 7, 2022 | No Comments

It's likely 2022 will bring even more advocacy and direction action around sustainable transportation, and necessary and robust responses from city and state transportation officials.

The new Divvy station at Olive-Harvey College, with the system's new model of electric bikes. Note the Blue Brothers car jumping the 95th Street bridge over the Calumet River at the top of the ad panel. Photo: CDOT

City Colleges of Chicago is providing free Divvy annual memberships to all students

By John Greenfield | Jan 5, 2022 | No Comments

In other collegiate cycling news, Olive-Harvey College is, for the first time, offering an eight-week Bicycle Maintenance and Repair course.

A new Neighborhood Greenway with a contraflow bike lane on Wrightwood Avenue. Photo: Ruth Rosas

Months after bikeways were installed in Belmont Cragin, what do residents think?

By Ruth Rosas | Dec 15, 2021 | No Comments

Neighbors we spoke to appreciate that the neighborhood is becoming more bike-friendly, but are concerned about whether the lanes are safe to ride in.

The new Divvy e-bike design. Photo: Eric Allix Rogers

Divvy’s sleek new electric bike model is going to be a hot commodity for riders

By Courtney Cobbs | Dec 2, 2021 | No Comments

"Overall I'm impressed with the new Divvy bikes and look forward to snagging one whenever I’m away from my own bike."

What would you do if you were in this Divvy worker's shoes? Photo: Kyle Lucas, Better Streets Chicago

What should drivers do to avoid blocking bikeways – especially bike-share workers?

By John Greenfield | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

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.

Scooter riders on Milwaukee Avenue in River West during the 2019 pilot. Photo: John Greenfield

Scooters now a permanent part of Chicago’s mobility mix, plus deets on Divvy scooters

By John Greenfield | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

The ordinance authorizes CDOT to amend its existing Divvy contract to expand to docked scooter-sharing within the bike-share station area.

City officials and community leaders celebrated the launch of this year's West Side expansion at an event in North Lawndale in July. Photo: Cameron Bolton

The reward for expansion and electrification of Divvy is record-breaking ridership

By John Greenfield | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

This year Divvy customers have broken the single daily rides record three times, with the current daily record high of 36,853 set on August 14.

Cutting the ribbon on the new Divvy station by Cragin Park. Photo: John Greenfield

Belmont Cragin and Hermosa celebrate new Divvy stations, bikeway network

By John Greenfield | Aug 13, 2021 | No Comments

It would be great if this approach of creating a cohesive, useful bike network all at once was implemented in every Chicago community that currently lacks one.

Young people bike on the Palmer Avenue Slow Street in Belmont Cragin in July 2020. Photo: John Greenfield

CDOT announces a grid of new bike routes for Belmont Cragin and Hermosa

By John Greenfield | Jul 29, 2021 | No Comments

It looks promising that these largely working-class, Latino Northwest Side communities are about to become a lot more bike-friendly.

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