Recent Streetsblog MASS posts about Bikesharing

Report: Bigger Bike Budgets Boost the Boom

By Aaron Short | Aug 25, 2021 | No Comments

The Biden administration should pour billions of dollars into a variety of bike projects because the investment will generate thousands of jobs while also obviously greening the way Americans get around, advocates said this week, citing a new report on the economic benefits of cycling investments.

Map of new Bluebikes stations to be installed in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood later in 2021.

Boston Announces Bluebikes Expansion Into Hyde Park

By Christian MilNeil | Aug 23, 2021 | No Comments

The city expects to begin installing the new stations in September.

Bluebikes docked at South Station in downtown Boston.

Bluebikes System Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Smashing A Ridership Record

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 26, 2021 | 1 Comment

The Bluebikes system has set a new a single day trip record of 15,335 trips.

Bluebikes Ridership Is Approaching Its Pre-Pandemic Levels

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 29, 2020 | No Comments

Riders took 289,033 trips on Bluebikes in August 2020 and set a new daily ridership record on September 12th, with 14,400 trips that day.

A pedal-assist electric bike from Chicago's Divvy bikesharing system. Photo by Imelda March, courtesy of Streetsblog Chicago.

On Bluebikes, Batteries Won’t Be Included Anytime Soon

By Christian MilNeil | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

Bikeshare systems across North America have been adding thousands of pedal-assist electric bikes to their fleets this summer, but the Bluebikes system of greater Boston won't be embracing this new technology anytime soon.

Bluebikes Expanding to Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown This Summer

By Christian MilNeil | Jul 24, 2020 | No Comments

Bluebikes, the publicly-owned bikesharing system serving the greater Boston region, will expand to five new municipalities later this summer with 30 new stations in Arlington, Chelsea, Newton, Revere, and Watertown. The expansion has been in the works since last fall, and will be funded in part with grant funds from MassDOT. Although ridership on Bluebikes […]

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