New York City announced its long-awaited bike share program today, and it’s going to be huge. How huge? Well, they’re talking about 10,000 bikes at 600 stations. Launch date is set for the summer of 2012.
The city awarded the contract to Alta Bike Share, which is behind some of the largest systems in the world, including London’s, Montréal’s, and Washington’s. “The wheels are officially in motion for New York City’s bike share,” said Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s transportation commissioner, at at the kickoff event, which took place in a pedestrian plaza next to the Flatiron Building.
A crowd including former Talking Heads frontman and bike fan David Byrne milled around the temporary bike station set up for the event, admiring the bikes, which bore the logos of other Alta systems, among them Melbourne and Minneapolis. Some lucky folks got test rides.
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