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Electric Citi Bikes might make it easier for riders to cruise long distances without breaking a sweat — but they’re also quite pricey. The service charges a 36-cent per-minute fee to non-members who rent one of the pedal assist bikes — and 24 cents a minute for members.
City Councilmember Lincoln Restler of Brooklyn has a plan to address those fees, at least for Citi Bike members.“The costs for riders right now are out of control,” Restler said, noting he’s taken roughly 4,500 rides as a Citi Bike member. He said he pays $10 for an e-bike ride through his district from Greenpoint to Downtown Brooklyn. That’s on top of the service’s annual membership fee, which now costs $220.Restler said Lyft, which owns Citi Bike, has repeatedly jacked up its fares in recent years, putting the service out of reach for working-class New Yorkers. He plans to introduce legislation that would cap the e-bike fees at the cost of a subway ride for Citi Bike’s roughly 127,000 members. But the change wouldn’t take […]
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