This article was written by Matt Hampton.
With just under a month of real, solid service time, I think it would be safe to say the Citibike program is a success — at least in terms of total use.
As reported by the Associated Press on Monday, early riders of the program — which opened to the public at large the first weekend of June — have already logged more than a million miles.
To give you an idea of just how far that is: it's enough to bike to the moon and back twice, if such a thing were, y'know, possible. You'd also have nearly 50,000 miles to spare, which you could use to circumnavigate the globe at the Equator almost twice. Assuming you weren't crazy tired and oxygen deprived from participating in the world's most ill-advised space program.
The program has 6,000 bikes currently in use in Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, meaning that the bikes have averaged just under 167 miles each, so far. When you put it that way it doesn't really seem like that much, does it?
The program, according to the report, is increasing in popularity — now with over 100,000 riders participating in some capacity.
Have you ridden one yet? Let us know what you think.
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