Chicago bike sharing will be known as Divvy, be Chicago flag blue
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Permalink Reply by Duppie on
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1. Not sure about the time.
2. Even if they open in time for your morning commute, there may not be many stations operating in the loop near your work, due to the Blackhawks celebratory parade.
Michelle Stenzel said:Did I miss the announcement as to the exact time the system will be launched on Friday? I was hoping to ride a Divvy bike to work on Friday morning, or at least to go home in the evening.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle S on
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I don't think that all the Loop stations will not be stocked, just on or very near Washington, I presume? It's all quite vague.
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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on
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Chicago's bike-sharing program set to launch Friday
Stations along Blackhawks parade route will open later
By Jon Hilkevitch, Chicago Tribune reporter 6:41 p.m. CDT, June 26, 2013
The first 700 bicycles painted "Chicago blue" will make their debut on city streets Friday, vastly outnumbered and upstaged by red and black.
For any celebrants along the Blackhawks parade route who might want to pedal part of the way on one of the new Divvy bike-share program bikes, though, you're on thin ice.
Of the more than 40 bicycle docking stations scheduled to be in operation Friday for the launch of the service, none of the handful of stations along the Hawks Stanley Cup victory route will be open, officials said.
"It's for the safety of the people and the equipment," said Elliot Greenberger, marketing director for Divvy, which is operated by Alta Bicycle Share Inc., Chicago's partner in the $22 million bike-share experiment.
Seventy-five stations downtown and in River North will be fully stocked with the three-speed bikes and ready to roll by Sunday, Greenberger said.
The Divvy program was to begin June 14. It was delayed because equipment arrived late and over concerns that more testing was needed to avoid software and equipment problems that occurred with the fledgling bike-share program in New York, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.
The Divvy's daily rental fee is $7, which allows an unlimited number of trips up to 30 minutes each over a 24-hour period. After 30 minutes, additional fees apply.
More than 1,500 annual memberships, priced at $75 and $125 based on the features included, have been sold since registration began at the end of May, Greenberger said.
A pre-launch event for up to 200 "founding" annual members will be held at Daley Center Plaza on Thursday evening, officials said. Participants who have RSVP'd and registered their key fobs, which are needed to unlock Divvy bikes at the stations, will be able to check out bikes and ride them to other docking stations.
A list of Divvy stations is posted at each station and available online at divvybikes.com.
Also by Thursday evening, the locations of all active Divvy stations and a real-time tracking system that shows available bikes and empty return slots at each station will be listed on Cyclefinder, an app available for Apple and Android devices.
Under its city contract, Divvy must operate 3,000 bikes and 300 stations by the end of August and expand to about 4,000 bicycles and 400 stations covering much of the city by next spring.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-divvy-bike-sharing-...
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Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on
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I saw Gabe Klein on television last night, he said there was a divvy app to show how many bikes/spaces are available at each kiosk. Is that app available yet?
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Permalink Reply by Andrew on
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As per the article Gene just posted, yes.
Apie (10.6) said:
I saw Gabe Klein on television last night, he said there was a divvy app to show how many bikes/spaces are available at each kiosk. Is that app available yet?
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It's called CycleFinder, availalable on iOS and Android. (Personally, I think the Android versions is more polished)
Apie (10.6) said:I saw Gabe Klein on television last night, he said there was a divvy app to show how many bikes/spaces are available at each kiosk. Is that app available yet?
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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on
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The app is available. Search the iTunes App Store or Google Play store for "Divvy" and you should find an app called Cyclefinder. Links below:
For iOS, you can also try my app, Chicago Bike Guide, which has Divvy integration, directions, resources, and much more.
Cyclefinder is quite different from the Citibike NYC app, which was custom designed for Citibike. Cyclefinder is a generic app for three systems that use bicycles from Public Bike System Co. (PBSC). The stations are not yet loaded into the app but will be later tonight, according to Divvy's Twitter feed.
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I also found the app Chicago Bike from webcomrades that appears to have Divvy integration. They're still not showing any available bikes (but there's lot of open docking spaces available).
Has anyone been able to confirm whether your key needs to be activated for the Pre-Launch ride this evening? I emailed (and just tweeted) them but haven't heard back yet.
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Following up on my own post..... I just heard from Elliott at Divvy that we do NOT need to activate our keys prior to this evenings pre-launch ride.
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well, look at what we have here....
Quick, somebody get that bike on State & Randolph before it is gone....
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Permalink Reply by Arup Sarma on
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It's actually there! Now I just need to get my fob working so I can take it for a spin...
Duppie 13.5185km said:well, look at what we have here....
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You may be able to make history. Even before all us smugsters get to ride a bike tonight, you get to check out the very first Divvy ever!
Arup Sarma said:It's actually there! Now I just need to get my fob working so I can take it for a spin...
Duppie 13.5185km said:well, look at what we have here....
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