Hubway Grand Re-Opening - April 2, 2014
4/1/2014 • 10 years ago
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HUBWAY REOPENS SYSTEM-WIDE OPERATIONS
Hubway, metro-Boston’s public bike share system, will formally reopen system-wide operations with a special reopening day party on Wednesday, April 2nd, from Noon to 2pm at the New Balance Hubway station on Boylston Street in Boston.
Wednesday’s system-wide reopening connects seamlessly with Cambridge’s year-round operations pilot that saw an average of approximately 2,000 Hubway trips per week during the winter season with no incidents or injuries reported. “Cambridge is very excited for the return of Hubway to other points in the network,” says Cambridge Mayor David Maher. “Our pilot program kept Hubway available throughout the winter and has shown the incredible strength of this program. I know that both residents and visitors benefit a great deal from this car-free solution, and our city is committed to continue encouraging this type of mode-shift for commuters.”
The City of Cambridge has announced plans to add six new Hubway stations, including one on Kendall Street donated by BioMed Realty. “We congratulate the City of Cambridge on the opening of new Hubway stations across the city, including the Kendall Street station,” said Bill Kane, Vice President, Leasing and Development at BioMed Realty. “We are excited to be a part of the Hubway program and the bike share initiative which is consistent with our sustainability efforts throughout Cambridge.” The other five Cambridge locations will be announced in April as they are deployed.
This season, 1,300 shared Hubway bicycles will be distributed throughout the system’s 140 stations across the region.
By April 2nd, approximately 100 stations will have been deployed and will be activated for customer use. The remaining 40 stations are expected to be deployed in the coming days and weeks. Stations in Brookline and Boston that are located along the Boston Marathon route, for example, will not be deployed until after the running of the marathon, which is scheduled to take place Monday, April 21. Customers can view the Hubway website or use the Spotcycle app to confirm station availability.
Since opening in 2011, the Hubway system has logged over 1.7 million bicycle miles, and Hubway riders have burned 67 million calories and offset 500 tons of CO2 emissions. Hubway has nearly 10,000 annual subscribers and last year sold more than 79,000 24-Hour subscriptions, 9,000 72-Hour subscriptions, and 2,000 monthly subscriptions.
For More Information
Find out more about the Hubway system, station expansions, deployments, and outages/closures at www.thehubway.com, on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hubway, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Hubway. As always, visit the Bicycle Hub of the CDD website here: http://cambridgema.gov/bike.