Some Citi Bike users may be riding off into the sunset. The Lyft-operated service will hike its prices a whopping 20% for members and non members on Wednesday – leaving some riders to consider ditc…
“I just don’t really like taking the train so I use Citi Bikes but at this point it just seems more affordable to get your own bike,” Travontae Gorman told The Post at a Manhattan charging bank location.Harlem resident Blessing Watson, 24, fumed the price was getting “ridiculous” as she considered buying her own ride too.
Classic and ebike fees for annual Citi Bike or Lyft Pink All Access members will increase from 20 cents to 24 cents per minute, and non-member single ride fees will increase from 30 to 36 cents per minute.Lyft attributed the extra cost spike to “higher than anticipated” battery swapping, insurance and maintenance vehicle costs, making “operations more costly than planned.”
It’s unclear whether those additional hikes will be realized after Lyft declared its intention to sell Citi Bike in 2023, leaving the company’s future “uncertain,” the city Comptroller’s Office wrote in a MTA subway, bus and commuter railroad riders can expect another fare increase next year, according to the MTA’s five-year plan, which assumes an increase of 4 percent in 2025 andDrivers aren’t exempt from the commuting cost climb, either. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey upped its toll 63 cents in January, with theshuttle to the East End of Long Island warned it may be hiking ticket prices after congestion pricing goes into effect.
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