When Citibike was first announced, there was all kinds of outrage. Comments predicting that it will be mayhem, there will be a bloodbath, it will snarl the stre

When Citibike was first announced, there was all kinds of outrage. Comments predicting that it will be mayhem, there will be a bloodbath, it will snarl the streets, and all kinds of other doomsday scenarios were put forth in hearings and online forums. None of it came to pass. There has been one fatality with Citibike in 5+ years, during which 60+ million trips have been taken. The city has adjusted to the increase cycling activity- I used to get cut off, honked at, and generally harassed for being on "their" road, but the active hostility is all but gone, and I see many more drivers actively looking at the bike lane before attempting a turn. NY is large enough that there will always be a vocal minority to change. In my own building I was in disbelief when a board member is trying to drum up resistance to a citibike rack being put outside of our building. He is an older gentleman, and just a month before had been complaining about cars illegally parking in the space across the street where they proposed to put the rack. When pressed about what his specific concern was, the best he could come up with is "it will be bad for the buildings value!" and got visibly angry with me when I asked how additional transportation options would decrease the value of the building...