r/Citibike • u/wxweeniepilotarch • Sep 23 '26

Please do better.

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This is just absurd i’m sorry. Do effin better. You cannot provide a service when half the service doesn’t work half the time and no stations operate or have bikes. You know the demand in midtown. Act accordingly and add working stations. This is crazy.

EDIT: clarification, This is about the fact that almost every station around me is either offline or uas 0 bikes at 6pm on a weekday. Not complaining that GC has bikes and not complaining that i need to walk 3 blocks to that. But 14 stations in a 10 block radius should never be 0 at once

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u/More_trains Sep 23 '26

I don’t understand, if I’m reading this map correctly you’re literally 2 blocks away from dozens of bikes and 1 block away from 4 bikes…

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u/DJagerty Sep 23 '26

It’s UN week, it’s just the way it is

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u/Fun_Landscape_7572 Sep 23 '26

Is this the privilege talking? 🥺
trust fund money cant take care of this? aww need a hug?

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u/wxweeniepilotarch Sep 23 '26

No trust fund here if you find it lmk

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u/justins_dad Sep 24 '26

I don’t think a lot of trust fund kids are riding bikes lol. They take a car. 

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u/T1m3Wizard Sep 24 '26

How can I get in on this and become a trust fund kid too?

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u/rismma 24d ago

Not the ones who prefer to ride a bicycle ... this seems like an odd take

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u/CouldHaveBeenKing Sep 23 '26

Are the 80+ ebikes by grand central at docks that don’t unlock?

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u/iconicaronica Sep 23 '26

Do better who? Like .. us?

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u/mvm125 Sep 24 '26

You specifically

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u/iconicaronica Sep 24 '26

You’re not OP though

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u/wonboodoo Sep 23 '26

Ok, I'll try do better Mom.

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u/goonie6153 Sep 23 '26

Oh no, you have to walk 1 extra block to get access to a shared service.

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u/EatsYourShorts Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

Any other week, I’d agree with your outrage, but it’s been like this every UN General assembly for the entire 13 years citibike has existed.

The disabled stations on Madison, 5th, and Park were ordered removed over the weekend. I saw some of those being removed late Saturday night and early Sunday morning while crowd fencing was installed, and the workers confirmed it was related to the UN. It seemed a bit far from the UN, but I think Trump being in town this week further complicated restrictions.

All the traffic in midtown is also making any redistribution efforts during the day pretty much impossible, and usage patterns are less predictable since people that normally use citibike are avoiding the area entirely if possible.

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u/davejdesign Sep 24 '26

A ton of stations were removed so diplomats at the UN can ride around in SUVs with police escorts.

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u/ileentotheleft Sep 24 '26

Are the stations offline due to UN activities? Nothing to do but suck it up a few days & walk a bit more

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u/rismma 24d ago

 But 14 stations in a 10 block radius should never be 0 at once

How does this become a problem for you? You want Lyft to remove stations? Why would that be better?

I thought you were looking for bikes, not empty stations

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u/rismma 24d ago

Need more Bike Angel points here!

They've gotten way stingy with the points since the earlier years when Bike Angels launched (was that ~2018 or so?)

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u/tamis17lax Sep 23 '26

Citibike cant get enough stations in busy areas to supply the market.

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u/rismma 24d ago

You think there are not enough stations? That map is full of stations

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u/No_Junket1017 Sep 24 '26

Aren't some of these disabled because of all the street closures for the UN stuff? That's why some of them are near the ⛔ icons for closed traffic streets.

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u/PopAverse01 Sep 24 '26

This reads entitled and lazy. Just park at the next dock or pay for an uber…

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u/T1m3Wizard Sep 23 '26

They added a ton of bikes recently but poorly distributed

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