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MOBILITY5million trips in first150 days sinceCiti Bike launchAnnual members receive a “key to the City,”allowing them to quickly unlock a Citi BikeCITIBIKEThe launch of CitiBike on May 27,2013 in the Manhattan CentralBusiness District and adjacentparts of Brooklyn dramaticallyexpanded the use of bicyclesfor basic transportation in theheart of the City. CitiBike hasseen the most rapid uptake ofsubscriptions and usage of anybike share system in the world. Asof mid–October 2013, just 150days since the system’s launch, the6,000 CitiBikes had generatednearly 5 million additional cyclingtrips—about 31,000 trips perday on average, within a relativelycompact section of the city, withthis average rising over 35,000 inAugust, September and October.Over 92,000 people havesubscribed as annual members ofthe system.Within just a few months,New Yorkers have fullyintegrated CitiBike into the city’stransportation system. Theinitial network of 330 bike sharestations was planned to createmaximum utility within the servicearea, with stations scaled tomatch the surrounding areas andgenerally only 1,000 feet fromother nearby stations. Some citieshave spread bike share stationsout and thus made bike share useless convenient than it could be.The tremendous user responseto CitiBike indicates that DOT’sstation network planning is on theright track.Without CitiBike, usersCITIBIKE RIDERSHIP OFF THE CHARTSAUGUST 2013RIDES/BIKE/DAYNYC5.96PARIS5.0WASHINGTON4.14LONDON3.64would have taken the subway or New York’s CitiBike is clearly onewalked, with some bike share trips of the most successful and readilyreplacing bus and car trips.adopted bike share system in theWithout the bike share system, world. New York’s built–out bikeCiti Bike riders would have:network, with 152 bike lane–Although bike share systems miles within the initial bike shareacross the world often have unique operating area, is certainly a bigcharacteristics in terms of scale, part of New Yorkers’ tremendousdesign, pricing and equipment, reception of CitiBike.one way to compare systems is byusage, examining daily rides perinstalled bike. By this measure,Sustainable Streets: 2013 and Beyond93
MOBILITY45% of CitiBike users said the systemallowed them to travel to new placesDaily average CitiBikeridership by monthA DAY IN THE LIFE OF 4 CITIBIKESA DOT survey of over 1,000CitiBike users from August,2013 confirms that NewYorkers have largely adoptedthe system for practicaltransportation. It found that46% of CitiBike trips arefor work purposes, includingcommuting, while 28% arefor errands, personalbusiness and shopping.53% said that they combineCitiBike travel with otherforms of transportation, withnearly one–third of allrespondents saying they didthis “most of the time.” Thesurvey also indicated thatvirtually all CitiBike trips arenew bike trips.94Chapter 7: Streets for All: Improving Choices for Short Trips
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Sustainable Streets:2013 and Beyond
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CONTENTS4 Letter from the Mayor5 Co
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Letter from the MayorDear Friends:T
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Introduction44acres red paintedbus
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10Safety
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SAFETYSustainable Streets set the g
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SAFETYchildren and the elderly. On
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SAFETYAt locations where major engi
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SAFETY14%decrease in crashesafter S
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SAFETY21%decrease in crashesafter D
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SAFETY84%decrease in pedestrianinju
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SAFETY“Interventions to make the
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SAFETY73%decrease in risk ofserious
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SAFETY36%decline in frequencyof inj
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SAFETYData and design analysis have
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SAFETYSCHOOL SPEED ZONESTo compleme
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WORLD CLASS STREETSChapter 11Design
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WORLD CLASS STREETSThe design of NY
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WORLD CLASS STREETSLooking AheadNYC
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INFRASTRUCTUREIntroduction$6.0billi
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INFRASTRUCTURERoosevelt Island Brid
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INFRASTRUCTURESustainable Streets:
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INFRASTRUCTUREEach year, New York C
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INFRASTRUCTUREThe City has installe
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INFRASTRUCTUREDOT has repaired2,196
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INFRASTRUCTURETHE DAILY POTHOLE SUB
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INFRASTRUCTURESTREET WORKS MANUALCi
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INFRASTRUCTUREThe Sheridan/Hunts Po
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INFRASTRUCTUREChapter 13A City of B
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INFRASTRUCTUREManhattan BridgeMANHA
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INFRASTRUCTURESustainable Streets:
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INFRASTRUCTUREWILLIS AVENUE BRIDGE1
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INFRASTRUCTUREWidespread use of sop
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INFRASTRUCTURE$261million stimulusa
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INFRASTRUCTUREChapter 14Built-in-Ef
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INFRASTRUCTUREDOT has removed 50,00
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INFRASTRUCTURE22million riders use
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INFRASTRUCTURECAR SHARINGWorking wi
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INFRASTRUCTURELooking AheadContinue
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INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURESustai
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RESILIENCYIntroduction226,000commut
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RESILIENCYChapter 15Impact of Sandy
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RESILIENCYSustainable Streets: 2013
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RESILIENCYAfter Hurricane Sandy, NY
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RESILIENCYIn the days following Hur
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RESILIENCYOn Friday November 2, the
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RESILIENCYSustainable Streets: 2013
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RESILIENCYLooking AheadFor years en
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AcknowledgmentsThe remarkable accom
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