17 Facts About Citi Bike

Citi Bike is a privately owned public bicycle sharing system serving the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, as well as Jersey City, New Jersey, and Hoboken, New Jersey.

Citi Bike was created as a public–private partnership operated by NYC Bike Share LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alta.

Citi Bike finally began operations on May 27,2013, with 332 stations.

Deployment of a clean energy public transit system such as Citi Bike coincides with the sixth IPCC report on mitigation's call for an increase of modes of public transportation such as biking and walking.

Citi Bike workers joined Transport Workers Union of America Local 100 in July 2015.

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Citi Bike had about 200 employees joining the union at the time.

Since then, the Citi Bike system has continued to expand its installations using the 8D Technologies as its software and station equipment supplier.

Citi Bike added 48 new stations on the Upper East and Upper West Sides, up to 86th Street.

In July 2016, the Jersey City Citi Bike system was expanded for the first time, with another 15 stations and an additional 150 bikes.

In July 2019, Citi Bike announced a timeline for its phase 3 expansion, which would double its service area.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Citi Bike recorded its 100 millionth ride that year, as the pandemic resulted in an increase in bicycle usage.

In February 2017, Motivate and 8D Technologies merged, with Citi Bike ultimately being operated under the purview of the combined companies.

Citi Bike had 130,000 members by July 2017, up from 100,000 members in 2016.

The first death involving a Citi Bike occurred four years after the service's launch, in June 2017, when a cyclist in Chelsea was struck by a bus.

All of Citi Bike's bicycles were to be renovated to include this new design.

In 2014, Citi Bike announced that it was exploring options for weekend, monthly, and tourist memberships.

When Citi Bike first launched, at least one bike shop owner said that he was forced to close down his business in 2014 due to the popularity of Citi Bike.