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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

@ cirrus:

even if the the CMAQ money is evenly distributed over the 3 years, that would still mean 6 million would be available right now, and if the 4 million from TIGER is available right now too, that's still an opening system of ~200 stations, which i would hope is still big enough to make a successful go of it. 200 stations would still be larger than any other current system in the nation, so certainly nothing to sneeze at.

and most importantly, chicago appears to have the funding lined up for their eventual build-out of 500 stations and 5,000 bikes. whether they only get 200 of them open by this summer, or all 300 they initially wanted, it probably won't make or break the deal overall.

does NYC have 100% of the funding in place for their 600 station system set to open this summer?

SD are you aware of any maps that show were the proposed stations will be? I am assuming most will be in the central area and along / near the lakefront esp the northside and the milw ave corridor.