Watching the Chicago Tribune eat crow When Divvy debuted, the Trib ran a series of articles painting the system as a rip-off, dysfunctional and racist. “Nobody is going to pay $75—plus daily overtime fees—to ride a bike a few times,” said William Choslovsky, a random “bicycle-riding lawyer” quoted in a Jon Hilkevitch piece. Less than two months after the launch, Divvy riders had racked up more than 150,000 rides and 458,000 miles, and Hilkevitch ran a column that all but admitted his earlier hatchet pieces were off base, noting that Choslovsky is now a bike-share convert. As Bob Dylan sang, “Don’t criticize what you don’t understand.” DivvyBikes.com
AUDIENCE CHOICE: They’re everywhere Audience Comments: “How smoothly it was phased in compared to the Ventra”; “More guys in suits on bikes”; “Now motorists can clearly identify the worst bikers on the road”; “Something else for the annoying Lakeview condo-owners to complain about”; “The baby-blue bikes.”
