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Hubway Is Dead Long Live Blue Bikes

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For a list of all bostonbiker.org bloggers click hereDo you have need of a place to host your Boston bike related website? Let us know , we can help.Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will pay nearly $20 million to turn the Boston area’s Hubway bike share system into Blue Bikes and expand the program with more than 1,000 new bikes and more than 100 new rental stations across the region.“Blue Cross is committed to helping Massachusetts residents lead healthy lives, and this program is a way to bring that to life,” said Jeff Bellows, vice-president of corporate citizenship for BCBS. “Being a health-care company, it’s in line with what we want to do.”BCBS will pay $18 million over six years to be the sole sponsor of the bike share system, which will be renamed Blue Bikes. The money will be used in part to fund a nearly 50 percent increase in bikes — by the end of 2019, there will be 3,000 Blue Bikes on the streets, up from 1,800 today — and add more than 100 new stations across Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Somerville. The expansion will bring more service to underserved parts of the city, Bellows said.“Communities like Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, they’re going to get additional access to these bikes,” he said. (via)While I wish it was more of a public system, maybe tax based, but sure I will siphon off some of the obscene profits BCBS is making to fund bike share programs.The best part of this is that Hubway/Blue Bikes will continue, and it will expand into areas that have not been served by it so far.This past month, Hubway riders took over 40,000 trips, more than double the January record. Want to try out winter riding? You don’t need to be tough — you just need to be cold-weather ready. Check out our helpful winter riding tips

before hitting the road, and get ready to set more champion numbers in February!Winter Operations Update

The Airport T Stop station and the Harvard Kennedy School at Bennett St / Eliot St station have been relocated due to snow removal management. [Details]

We hope the groundhog predicts an early spring, but until then, stay up to date on winter operations . Use the Hubway app

to verify the location and availability of your intended station before your trip.

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Hubway’s new equity program, SNAP Card to Ride , formally launched last week! The Cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, the Town of Brookline, and the Department of Transitional Assistance came together to provide a significant discount to low-income families and individuals. The program provides memberships for $5/month or $50/year to individuals over the age of 16 with their household EBT card. The membership includes unlimited 60-minute trips (instead of 30-minutes). This program is part of Hubway’s ongoing commitment to improving bike share access to low-income populations. Access to this program is expected to expand

in the near future to residents who participate in other public assistance programs, as well.

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to see what your friends like.Today is Free Ride Day!courtesy of High Brew Coffee

It’s National Coffee Day! Jump start your morning with a bike ride and an energizing can of cold brew coffee. Come see us at Hubway’s Aquarium Station or Congress Street Station from

7:30am to 9:30am

where we’ll be dishing out free samples of High Brew Coffee to celebrate!This free day pass will be available only in the Hubway app on

9/29/17

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Hubway is getting bigger and even better! The Boston Transportation Department is adding more than 70 new stations over the next two years.The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) needs your help finding new locations in Boston for bike share stations! Starting

this Saturday

, BTD is hosting more than 28 workshops in neighborhoods all across Boston. You know your community best, so they need your input!These workshops will be an opportunity for you to connect with your neighbors and discuss the best potential locations for bike share stations together.Join the team and your neighbors at these September workshops:Can’t make it to a workshop in your neighborhood? No worries! Although each workshop will focus on the neighborhood where the meeting is held, BTD will have materials available to discuss all neighborhoods that are under consideration for the expansion. You are welcome to join any workshop.BTD is looking forward to your feedback on this big expansion!You like this.

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