tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60907352082789372162024-03-12T17:19:48.459-07:00BikeShareNYCedradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.comBlogger532125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-48374384949875425922015-07-01T08:41:00.002-07:002015-07-01T08:41:51.502-07:00<form action="demo_form.asp">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well folks, here it is: a new Worst Moment for the Citi Bike system. At 9:30 a.m. today 122 stations were empty (108) or full (14</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">). That’s well over one-third of all operating stations(37%).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Citi Bike system is currently experiencing a major station crash with only 174 of 330 stations operating. Citi Bike has not yet announced the crash or the reason for it. We'll keep you posted with updates here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Update:</b> A second crash at 10:30. 231 of 330 stations operating. Restored by 11 am.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Update: </b>Normal service restored by 9:10 am</span>edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-50132688842713740312015-04-20T07:31:00.004-07:002015-04-20T07:31:52.069-07:00There aren’t enough Citi Bikes to go around<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not nearly enough bikes on the street.That’s our conclusion for the big jump in empty stations during last week’s pleasant weather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Motivate dumped original software provider PSBC, whose </span><a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/283679-breaking-bloomberg-nyc-bike-share-to-launch-in-spring/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">problems were evident</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> even before Citi Bike launched in 2013. The new software is being provided by 8D Technologies, a company which also supplies software for other bike share programs around the country.</span>edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-39902104233639796002015-03-28T06:50:00.000-07:002015-03-28T06:50:37.000-07:00The streak continues: Now 9 straight weeks in the green zone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If anyone needs a</span><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/citibike?src=hash" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #66b5d2; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">#</span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #0084b4; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">citibike</span></a><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #292f33; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> during this weekend's scheduled maintenance just DM me, I've got twenty in my apartment.</span></div>
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<br />edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-40892398076647936572015-03-19T05:26:00.000-07:002015-03-19T06:17:43.292-07:00Fleet size comes off January's low<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-22238279942407209742015-03-11T08:56:00.002-07:002015-03-11T08:56:20.097-07:00What Citi Bike has done for Citibank<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b35841dd-098a-52cd-7078-05e48cfee931"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Citibank's popular New York City bike-share program, Citi Bike, taught the firm to step out of its comfort zone, stay true to its brand and experiment to keep fresh. Nearly two years in, the company continues to lean on the initiative to strengthen its brand image.</span></span>edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-86088648877604452112015-03-11T06:08:00.001-07:002015-03-11T06:39:53.187-07:0022% of Citi Bike stations empty at 9:30 am<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last year, Tuesday March 11 was the first spring-like day and the Citi Bike system groaned under the task of getting bikes to empty stations. NotSpots hit 58 at 11:30 am -- that’s 18 percent of the system out of service. For the day, the NotSpot Index was in the red zone at 46.</span><br />
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<br /><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If Monday’s NotSpot number of 29 is a harbinger of things to come this spring, we’re looking forward to a delightful season.</span>edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-75035484570378735632015-03-10T04:38:00.000-07:002015-03-10T04:38:08.294-07:00What a ridiculous question! Of course Citi Bike should stay open year-round, say 80% in poll<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not that we want to influence the poll in any way, but <a href="http://bikesharenyc.blogspot.com/2015/02/maybe-its-time-for-nyc-to-get-real.html" target="_blank">here's our argument for shutting down</a> during January and February.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.8; white-space: pre-wrap;">Average miles per trip on a Citi Bike have dropped for six straight months to a new low of 1.3 miles. Last year, average miles increased from December.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And total miles increased even as there were 9000 fewer members this January.</span>edradshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320828886386312475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6090735208278937216.post-88742460226245005172015-03-05T05:18:00.002-08:002015-03-05T05:18:23.151-08:00January’s 19,700 NotSpots were 15% fewer than in 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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