Suprised this wasn't posted before, but Divvy in Chicago keeps expanding (in the next few months and with more to come next year).
Divvy Launches Big Expansion, But Some Parts of City Still Not Served
By Ted Cox
'CITY HALL — With a long-planned spring expansion underway, Divvy is covering more of the city, which means in some ways it is passing the Citi — New York City's bike-sharing system.
A map of the
additional 176 Divvy stations planned for this spring shows the bike-share system extending to Touhy Avenue on the north, 75th Street on the south and Pulaski Road on the west.
Mike Claffey, spokesman for the Department of Transportation, which oversees Divvy, said the most recent expansion, which started rolling out last week, significantly increases the percentage of the city served by bike sharing.
"The expansion roughly doubles the area Divvy serves in Chicago,
from 44.1 square miles, or 19 percent of the city’s geographic area, to 86.7 square miles, or 38 percent of the area," Claffey said. "It means that Divvy now serves 33 out of the city’s 50 aldermanic wards, up from 19 before the expansion."'
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2015...ill-not-served
The following is regarding the planned expansion into Oak Park, Evanston and other parts of Chicago, which looks like it will occur next year:
'However, Austin and other parts of the West Side will be getting stations next spring as Divvy expands into Oak Park and Evanston, two suburbs that are providing funding for their own stations, Wiedel said. Last September, ex-Governor Pat Quinn announced a $3 million state grant that would pay for an
additional 75 stations: 12 in Oak Park, eight in Evanston, and 55 in Chicago. After a delay, the state grant agreement was just signed this morning, Wiedel said.
There’s a five-month turnaround time for equipment from PBSC, so, rather than install the 75 stations in the late fall, Divvy will wait until spring, when warmer weather will help ensure a successful launch. Since incumbent 29th Ward alderman Deborah Graham will be in office until May 18, CDOT hasn’t yet informed Taliaferro about the plan. “After that date, we’ll be working with the new alderman and sharing this good news,” Wiedel said.'
http://chi.streetsblog.org/2015/04/2...quity-efforts/