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Bluebikes System Celebrates 10th Anniversary By Smashing A Ridership Record
The Bluebikes system has set a new a single day trip record of 15,335 trips.
July 26, 2021
Research Suggests Boston’s New Protected Lanes Boosted Bikeshare Traffic 80 Percent
Bikeshare traffic across the Allston and Fenway neighborhoods more than doubled after a city project added protected bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue. Furthermore, the fastest growth involved trips that would have been likely to use the newly-built protected bike lanes.
July 22, 2021
Bikeshare Systems Expanding to Salem, West Springfield
Salem plans to join the Bluebikes system with eight new stations, and West Springfield will join the ValleyBike system with two new docks.
February 3, 2021
Bluebikes Ridership Is Down, But Remains Busy Near Hospitals
Recent data show that ridership on the Boston region's leading bikesharing system had dropped by roughly 75 percent from pre-pandemic levels after Governor Baker's stay-at-home order took effect during the final week of March.
April 30, 2020
Bluebikes Negotiating Expansion to Newton, Revere, Chelsea, Arlington and Watertown
A memo to the Newton City Council reports that Bluebikes has made "an attractive offer" to expand to Newton and five other municipalities in the region.
October 24, 2019
Boston Transportation Department Announces New Bluebikes Expansion
Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Transportation Department have announced planned sites for over a dozen new Bluebikes stations, which will expand the city's bikesharing network into West Roxbury and Mattapan and add more infill stations in high-use neighborhoods like the South End.
July 30, 2019
Dorchester to Get Better Blue Bikes Connections to the Red Line
The City of Boston is finally poised to build a long-awaited Red-Blue connection (no, not that one): new Blue Bikes stations have finally been permitted for installation at four Red Line stops in Dorchester.
June 17, 2019
What’s in Boston’s 2020 Streets Budget?
City councilors, citing high volumes of complaints about dangerous streets, want city staff to act more quickly in implementing safety improvements.
May 10, 2019
