![]() ![]() The city “wants to make sure we continue to provide the same quality of service” amid the growth, she said.ĭivvy offers 476 stations and 4,760 bicycles around the city, from Touhy Avenue on the North Side to 75th Street on the South Side. Sue Hofer, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation, said the price hikes are necessary because the program has doubled in terms of its geographic footprint since it debuted in 2013. However, Divvy will continue selling annual memberships at the current rate of $75 through January. The new rates take effect in February, according to the city Department of Transportation. But it requires a one-year commitment, making the total annual cost about $120 for those who can't afford to pay $99 at once. Meanwhile, the bike-sharing program will debut a new pass that costs $9.95 per month. Right now annual passes cost $75 (the equivalent of $6.25 per month). This new bike infrastructure includes a focus on the South and West Sides in Austin, Belmont Cragin, and North Lawndale and is being coordinated with the expansion of Divvy.ĬDOT and Lyft aim to make Divvy affordable for all Chicagoans and offer low cost memberships for qualifying Chicagoans through the Divvy for Everyone (D4E) Program, which currently has 2,500 members, an all-time high.It's about to get a lot pricier to take a ride on a Divvy bike.Ĭity transportation officials announced today that an annual membership for the service will rise early next year to $99 for those who pay the entire amount upfront. With a total of $17 million in new funding this year and next, CDOT is installing 100 miles of new and upgraded bike lanes in 20. Along with the service area expansion, Divvy is adding an additional 3,500 electric-assist bikes in Chicago this year, on top of the 3,500 e-bikes deployed in the first phase of the expansion in 2020.Įarlier this week, CDOT announced it is undertaking the biggest bike lane expansion in the City’s history thanks to the infusion of funding from Mayor Lori E. ![]() With the addition of new neighborhoods, Divvy will cover 190 square miles in Chicago, building on its status as the largest bikeshare system in North America by service area. It includes 107 new e-stations that are being installed in a 35-square mile area of the Southwest and Northwest Sides of the City. “Together with our partners in Mayor Lightfoot and CDOT, we continue to build a system that is flexible, convenient, and reliable, providing benefits to the entire city through reduced traffic congestion and carbon emissions.”Įarlier this summer, CDOT and Lyft, the operator of Divvy, launched the next phase in the expansion of the city’s popular bikeshare system. “The way people get around Chicago is changing, and this new annual record shows Divvy’s resilience as it has become an increasingly important solution for the transportation needs of riders,” said Tamara Conway, General Manager of Divvy at Lyft. New monthly ridership records were set in July and August with more than 800,000 rides each month and summer ridership was up 30% from last summer. In 2021, riders have broken the Divvy single daily rides record three times (with the current daily record high of 36,853 set on August 14) and has had its best month, year over year, for every month so far this year since March. This new record comes in a year when more Chicagoans than ever are riding bikes and using the city’s bikeshare system that continues to break ridership records. “The expansion of Divvy is happening in coordination with our record investments in new bikeways that are making it safer and easier for everyone to bike to the meaningful destinations in their neighborhoods.” “We are thrilled that Chicago’s bikeshare system, Divvy, is continuing to grow in popularity and size and moving steadily toward serving the entire City of Chicago,” said CDOT Commissioner Gia Biagi. The new record comes at a time when Divvy is in the midst of its citywide expansion and CDOT is making major investments in new bikeways funded through Mayor Lori E. CHICAGO – The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and its Divvy bike share partner Lyft today announced that Divvy has recorded over 4 million rides in 2021, surpassing its previous ridership record of 3.81 million rides set in 2019 with three months to go in the year. ![]()
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