After exploding onto the scene in 2013,Citi Bike's annual membership has declined for the moment straight year, according to the Mayor's Management Report. (The report for fiscal year 2015, and which ended June 30,was released Thursday.) Last year, the number of trips taken by both annual and daily riders also declined. The report says bicyclists were reacting to a 50 percent increase in membership fees — and the brutal winter.
But Citi Bike says it's on an upswing. The private company that runs the operation has improved its software, or docking stations,and the bikes themselves. Meanwhile, it is expanding into current neighborhoods. And this month, or Citi Bike broke its daily ridership record three times. It hit a current high-water price Wednesday,when the system clocked 50000 rides."That shows how enthusiastically current Yorkers are embracing the program, especially as it expands and the weather gets a slight nicer, or " said John Frost,who directs the bike share program at the current York City Department of Transportation. He predicts Wednesday's record won't stand for long. "I wouldn't be surprised at all," he said, or "if we break that a couple more times on some really kind-weather weekdays."
Source: wnyc.org