Kudos ^ to NY Daily News for voting another one of shorty's idea that's bound to not work in many of the narrow streets with high density of people and vehicle, already spilling off the sidewalks into the streets.

Saw them mounted this weekend down in Little Italty/Chinatown, Lower Manhattan - it's nice for photo ops for out-of-town tourists who might find them cute. Anyone else planning to ride them in the winter months w/o a helmet and other protective gear is risking a trip to the ER or worst - we have had more than a few bikers involvled in fatal accidents in recent years, including the Bowery, Delancy & Canal Street corridors.

Is this supposed to put more New Yorkers on a bike vs. riding the S-L-O-W MTA buses going across town (oh, wait, there ain't none on Canal Street - 14th Street, yes) - otherwise, can someone explain the logic behind a 30 minutes daily allowance in buying a $9.95 day pass - how far can you go in these rugged bikes while observing all traffic laws, given the road conditions all over town.

One of the small business owner that we met outside one of these "cute" bike racks freshly installed mentioned that the narrow one way mixed-use street now lost more parking spaces, normally used during the day for truck deliveries as it's no parking except for certain permit holders (hint! hint!) and it is going to be even harder for the streets to be cleaned by DOT's sweeper as they will be forced to go around.

I supposed that the NEXT NYC Mayor, after the election could override & reverse this mayor's executive order, then - again, maybe not. It is revenue sharing & a Win-Win for CitiBike ...

P.S. Got an idea - ding, ding - put them up on both ends of the 59th Street Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, dip your credit/debit card in - bingo, you get 30 minutes of exercise across the East River or else .... No credit card for whatever reasons, ha ha - ya are outta of luck, too bad !! But, if you trip & fell off the Citibike - dial 1-800-lawyers or something