New York City鈥檚 bike-share program was supposed to launch at the end of last month. Now, after much hedging, officials say it won鈥檛 be ready to go until next spring, citing ongoing software issues. “The software doesn鈥檛 work. Until it works, we鈥檙e not going to put it out,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. 鈥淲e did think there would be a possibility we would have bikes on the streets this summer. We think … this spring.” Phase one of the the Citi Bank-sponsored program鈥7,000 bikes, 420 stations鈥攊s now for March. Eventually, the city plans to offer 10,000 rentable bikes, which would make it the largest bike-share program in the country.
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