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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Fri May 24, 2013, 05:54 PM May 2013

Mayor says market will decide on NYC bike sharing

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the market will determine the success of the city's ambitious bike-sharing program. Bloomberg said on WOR Radio on Friday that anti-bike criticism "makes good theater." More than 9,000 people who have signed up for the program will be able to ride starting Monday. The bikes will be available to anyone starting June 2. An annual membership costs $95 and a day pass will cost $9.95.

Some New Yorkers say the kiosks that have been set up for the bikes take up too much space on the streets. Others have complained because the program is limited to parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Bloomberg said the program will be expanded if it succeeds. He said New Yorkers should "let the free marketplace decide."

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Mayor says market will decide on NYC bike sharing (Original Post) hrmjustin May 2013 OP
I live in one of the neighborhoods where they be doing this... RevStPatrick May 2013 #1
Unfortunately I think you may be right. hrmjustin May 2013 #2
 

RevStPatrick

(2,208 posts)
1. I live in one of the neighborhoods where they be doing this...
Fri May 24, 2013, 06:13 PM
May 2013

I'm expecting to see a spike in bicycle fatalities.
People who don't commonly ride bikes in NYC are suddenly going to be pedaling among the buses and trucks and crazy cab drivers?

There are 4 "shrines" within a few blocks of my apartment like this one:




I fully expect to see more of them this summer.

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