Bike Share Set To Roll

Thursday, February 16, 2018 - 

Starting next week, city residents and visitors will be able to rent a bike with the swipe of a phone and pedal around New Haven to get to work, complete a chore or just enjoy the city outside the confines of an automobile.

Or at least in parts of New Haven, at first, through Bike New Haven, the city’s long-awaited new bike share program.

At Tuesday’s night regular meeting of the Hill North Community Management Team at Career High School on Legion Avenue, deputy city transit chief Michael Pinto told neighbors that the program will have a soft launch next Tuesday.

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Bike Share Hits A Newhallville Speed Bump

Legislative rider: Alder Adam Marchand samples prototype at hearing.

Thursday, March 23, 2017 - Lawmakers were urged to approve a new bike share program in New Haven — as long as it includes neighborhoods away from downtown.

Which might not prove so simple, at least at first.

A public hearing Tuesday night drew enthusiastic support for the planned new project, which would eventually make at least 300 bicycles available for short-term rental at 30 stations located around the city. The Harp administration has chosen a company to run the program, which is similar to New York’s Citi Bike, and now needs Board of Alders approval to roll it out.

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Hausladen: Bikes Don’t Kill People ...

East Rockers Monday night suggested potential bike share spots.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - As he presented a plan to bring hundreds of rentable bikes to New Haven’s streets, city transit chief Doug Hausladen invoked statistics about smash-ups on the road to respond Monday night to complaints about dangerous cyclists.

Hausladen showed up to the monthly East Rock Community Management Team to get input from neighbors about a new “bike share” program about to bring 300 instantly borrow-able cycles to the city.

He received lots of ideas and enthusiasm, along with complaints about New Haven’s users of fast-growing transit choice.

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