How New York City’s Citi Bike sizes up to 9 U.S. bike-share programs
Photo Credit: Blue bikes lined up and ready for the Citi Bike launch earlier this weekend. Skift / Samantha Shankman
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Citi Bike, like its home city, is among the largest in the world, and a successful launch with local pick-up would see the system expand to all five boroughs with the potential for changing the way NYC moves.
New York City's new bike-share program Citi Bike officially launched this morning at 11 AM and there are already more than 17,550 New Yorkers signed up with annual memberships.
With 6,000 blue bikes filling the streets today, New York is already the largest bike-share in America. Although this pales in comparison to several bike-share programs abroad, it is nearly six times the size of the capital's established system.
New York is also one of the most expensive bike-shares to join. An annual members costs $103.43 (with tax) and provides bikers with 45-minutes of free ride time. Drop the bike off just 5 minutes over that and riders will be c
