Where Citi Bike has expanded on East Village streets

Where Citi Bike has expanded on East Village streets
[Photo from last month by Riian Kant-McCormick]Back in January, Citi Bike announced that they are boosting service in the busiest parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn by adding 1,250 new bikes and 2,500 docks.And as you may have noticed, more docks have arrived at several East Village sites, including Sixth Street at Avenue B (above) with 27 more bikes … Second Avenue at Avenue C (plus 25)…… and Second Street at Avenue B (plus 25) …These were the three docking stations set to receive the biggest boost in bikes. (This previous post has more details.)And look for new docking stations coming soon to First Avenue at Fifth Street and Avenue C and 12th Street…West 47th Street & 6th AvenuePark Avenue East & 37th StreetEast 58th Street & 1st AvenueWest 30th Street & 10th AvenueEast 12th Street & Avenue C1 Av & E 5 StDelancey Street & Eldridge StreetPerry Street & Greenwich AvenueWest Broadway & West Houston Street— Citi Bike (@CitiBikeNYC) March 1, 2019https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Meanwhile, last Thursday, Citi Bike announced a major expansion of its fleet of pedal-assist e-bikes, with 4,000 hitting docking stations in the months ahead. However, there will be an additional fee, $2 per trip, to use one — even if you already have a Citi Bike membership. People have criticized the $2 charge. Here’s a quickie recap via a Streetsblog post from Monday:The $2 fee — waived for Citi Bike members until April 27 — has come under fire from many quarters since it was announced this week, with some foes likening it to a fare hike on what should be a form of public transportation, yet is ostensibly a public-private partnership even though the city allocates no public money. Others reminded that Citi Bike has a monopoly on service, with dockless rivals Jump and Lime only allowed to operate in small pilot zones in the Bronx and Staten Island.Previously on EV Grieve:A look at where Citi Bike is expanding in the East Village