Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Sean Wiedel

Divvy Supplier Sale May Delay Expansion But Station Locations Nearly Ready

By Steven Vance | Mar 14, 2014 | 14 Comments

The Chicago Department of Transportation and Divvy will be installing 175 bike-share stations this year with a new method that avoids last year’s haphazard and seemingly random distribution. Instead, they will be placing all stations in each of 10 selected areas at once. This way, CDOT assistant commissioner Sean Wiedel told Streetsblog, “that area will […]

Why Divvy Needs to Densify as It Expands

By Steven Vance | Jan 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

For a very new American bike-share system, Divvy is doing well, but it has a lot of room to improve, according to the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s new Bike Share Planning Guide [PDF]. The guide includes best practices for designing, distributing, and marketing this new form of transit. While Divvy is still growing […]

Like Chicago Bicyclists, Divvy Will Soldier on Through the Winter

By Steven Vance | Dec 17, 2013 | 16 Comments

My @DivvyBikes ride from #MarquetteBuilding party to @BluestemCommOrg party. #divvyon #bikewinter #notholidivvy pic.twitter.com/UGOylnk1YW — Abby Crisostomo (@AbbyMPC) December 13, 2013 At last Wednesday’s Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, assistant transportation commissioner Sean Wiedel shared Divvy’s cold-weather operating strategy. To keep maintenance costs down and scale the bike-share fleet to anticipated demand, Divvy is aiming to reduce the […]

Divvy Expanding to 475, Possibly 550, Docking Stations

By John Greenfield | Nov 6, 2013 | 36 Comments

There’s more good news on the Divvy bike-share front. The Chicago Department of Transportation announced this morning that they scored a $3 million federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grant to add 75 more docking stations to the 400 already planned. The system recently reached 300 stations and 3,000 bikes. “Chicagoans have thoroughly embraced […]

CDOT Developing Divvy Relocation Procedures

By Steven Vance | Sep 13, 2013 | 11 Comments

Divvy bike-share continues to expand, Assistant Transportation Commissioner Sean Wiedel said at the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council on Wednesday, and should reach 300 stations by the end of September. As of today there are 222 stations. Wiedel reported that over 7,700 annual members and numerous 24-hour pass users have made almost 325,000 trips and pedaled […]

600 Youth Bike Apprenticeships Help Spread Benefits of Divvy Citywide

By John Greenfield | Aug 20, 2013 | 6 Comments

[This article also ran in Checkerboard City, John’s column in Newcity magazine, which hits the streets on Wednesday evenings.] As I pedaled up to the Bronzeville Community Garden, 51st and Calumet, on a Wednesday afternoon, smooth R&B drifted from a sound system and folks were gathered around a table made of colorfully painted repurposed wood, gazing […]

In 15 Days, Divvy Bike-Share Sold 1,300 Annual Memberships

By Steven Vance | Jun 14, 2013 | 25 Comments

Two of the major topics of the Mayor’s Bicycle Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday were bike-share and the Dearborn Street bike lane. Divvy bike-share was supposed to launch with 40 stations today during the Bike To Work Day Rally, but on Tuesday, the company announced that the system would launch on June 28 with 75 […]