North Center Getting First Bike Share Station By Monday (MAP)

Though snubbed in the initial launch of the city's new bike share program, the North Center neighborhood will now finally be seeing its first baby blue Divvy station.

Seven of the setups will land within the neighborhood, while about seven more will pepper the neighborhood's Montrose and Ravenswood borders. One of the community's own stations—Damen and Wellington avenues—will be up and running by July 29, according to a map released to the public Tuesday afternoon. 

By that same date, a nearby Diversey Parkway and Paulina Street will be available to riders.

The the other six local kiosks—as well as the seven to ten nearby ones—are also coming, but their arrival dates had not yet been set as of Tuesday afternoon.

The North Center kiosks include:

• Diversey Parkway and Clybourn Avenue - 19 bike docks
  
• Damen Avenue and Wellington Street - 15 bike docks
  
• Damen Avenue and Melrose Street - 11 docks
  
• Damen Avenue and Roscoe Street - 11 bike docks
  
• Ravenswood Avenue and Addison Street - 19 bike docks
  
• Wolcott Street and Grace Street - 15 bike docks
  
• Damen Avenue and Bell Plaine Avenue - 19 bike docks

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Each Divvy station has a touchscreen kiosk, station map and a docking system that releases bikes using a member key or ride code. 

Customers can purchase $75 annual memberships or $7 24-Hour Passes, which allow riders unlimited trips in that period. The first 30 minutes of every trip are included in the cost of the membership or pass, and incremental fees apply to trips that exceed 30 minutes.

Annual members use a personal key used to quickly unlock bikes from any station. More than 2,500 Chicagoans have already signed up for Divvy Annual Memberships at DivvyBikes.com.