April 10, 2019
Community leaders and business owners recently gathered to urge the city to reconsider it’s pending decision to give Lyft the exclusive control over the city’s bike share operations. Photo Credit: Leave No Potential On The Table
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Community Activists Speak Out About Chicago’s Bike Share Program
Chicago’s City Council will soon vote on whether or not to allow Lyft, a well know ride-sharing company, to exclusively take over operation of the city’s blue Divvy Bikes for nine years. The deal would include a $50 million investment from Lyft that would be used to expand the city’s bike sharing network to all 50 wards by 2021 and include 10,500 new bikes and 175 new stations.