Bixi moving 17 bike stations to accommodate snow removal
Posted November 24, 2011 3:21 pm.
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Bixi will be moving 17 of its Toronto bike stations to accommodate winter snow removal, the company said Thursday.
As a result, for the first time there will be a bike station at the Distillery District and at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
The service area will be slightly expanded by the change. Bixi will now cover 12 square kilometres of the city, an increase from its previous eight square kilometres.
As well, 24 more bikes will be added to the Spadina Avenue and Phoebe Street station. The work will start Saturday and is expected to be completed by next Friday.
BIXI launched in Toronto on May 3. In the past six months, riders have taken more than 372,417 trips.
BIXI, a combination of the words bicycle and taxi, allows riders to pick up a bike from a fleet of over 1,000 and drop it off at any one of 80 downtown hubs. That means you can pick up a bike at one station and when you’re done riding, you can drop it off at another.
The program started in Montreal two years ago and also operates in London, U.K., Melbourne, and Washington, D.C.
The following stations will be relocated
• From Shuter St/ Bond St to SW corner Sherbourne/ Carlton (Allan Gardens)
• From CNE to SW corner Trinity/ Front (Distillery)
• From Peter/ Queen to SW corner Bathurst/ Queens Quay (Island Airport)
• From Duncan/ Queen to NE corner Queen/ Van Auley
• From Mutual St/ Gould St to SW corner Gould/ Mutual
• From Hayter St/ Bay St to NE corner Euclid/ Bloor
• From Beverley St/ College St to SE corner Bathurst/ Lennox
• From Beverley St/ Grange Ave to SE corner Queen/ Portland
• From College St/ Roberts St to NW corner College/ Major
• From Hoskin Ave/ Devonshire Pl to SE corner Bloor/ Brunswick
• From Surrey Place/ Grovesnor Ave to NE corner King St/ Princess Ave
• From Yonge St/ Dundonald St to NE corner College St/ Borden
• From University Ave/ Richmond St to SE corner Wellington St/ Portland St
• From Church St/ Granby Ave to NW corner Church St/ Alexander St
• From University Ave / Charles St to NE Bay St/ Scollard Ave
• From Mutual Ave/ Dundas to NE corner Sherbourne St/ Wellesley St
• From Jarvis St/ Shuter Ave to SE corner Bathurst St/ Dundas St
