Originally Posted by
dendawg
New stations are opening up. I took one yesterday from the UWS to a new dock on the UES in the 90's. Problem still seems to be distribution. I'm sure I was able to get a bike yesterday because of the heat. I arrived at my destination drenched in sweat from the humidity. Normally there are none in my area after 9am, and there were 6 in the rack at 1:30 pm. Mine was the only bike in the new rack where I deposited it. I hope they added a large number of new bikes with the expansion and not just thinning out the existing fleet.
According to Citi Bike, they're adding 2000 bikes.
There's an optimum ratio of docks to bikes. Once upon a time I read that it was around 2:1; I don't know what the ratio now is of docks to bikes actually on the street. Too few bikes, and there aren't enough bikes to go around, and too many, there won't be anyplace to park them. Even with the right number, empty racks, and full ones, will continue to be a problem, as of course the bikes move around, and on work days, they move in a wave in one direction.