New York City : bike-sharing program

New York City plans to launch its long-awaited bike-sharing program on Memorial Day.
About 6,000 bikes will be distributed across 300 solar-powered stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. A 24-hour pass will cost $9.95.

The Citi Bike system, which will be operated by a subsidiary of Alta Bicycle Share, is a version of the Bixi system launched in that Canadian city in 2008, and later customized for sale to other cities. (Chicago, preparing for its own bike-share launch, is also using hardware derived from Bixi and supplied by its corporate parent, PBSC Urban Solutions.)

The Bike-sharing World Map