Traffic & Transit
Astoria Citi Bike Expansion Starts To Take Shape
The city's bike-share network is expanding further into Astoria. A new map released Monday shows what that could look like.
ASTORIA, QUEENS — Citi Bike is pedaling further into Astoria, and a newly-unveiled map gives cyclists a sneak peek at what the expanded bike-share network would look like.
The draft map, which the NYC Department of Transportation presented Monday to members of Queens Community Board 1's transportation committee, proposes more than four dozen new Citi Bike docking stations across the Ditmars-Steinway section of Astoria and the neighborhood's eastern edge.
The Department of Transportation hosted virtual meetings and town halls and set up an online portal to gather ideas for station sites.
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Popular locations included on Ditmars Boulevard by 45th Street and on 20th Avenue near 37th Street, according to the Department of Transportation's presentation to community board members.
Citi Bike's Astoria expansion is part of a larger plan to grow its service area by 35 square miles and add another 16,000 bikes to city streets by 2024.
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