Lyft/Citi Bike will offer free one-day passes to new riders as part of New York City Department of Transportation’s Car-Free Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 23.

 

New riders will be able to use the code “CARFREE22” in the Citi Bike app to receive unlimited, 30-minute rides on a classic Citi Bike for 24 hours. Riders in The Bronx can also sign up at the Citi Bike tent at Roberto Clemente Plaza at 530 Willis Avenue in the South Bronx.

 

“More New Yorkers than ever choose Citi Bike for a fun, sustainable way to get from Point A to Point B,” said Caroline Samponaro, vice president of transit, bikes, and scooters policy at Lyft. “Commissioner Rodriguez’s Car-Free Day is a great opportunity to hop on and try out a Citi Bike.”

 

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has scheduled celebrations along nine City streets, featuring 150 partner organizations and City agencies which will be providing programs promoting education on climate change, sustainability, and other relevant topics, plus fun, community-based performances, and activities for all ages.

Corridors will all be open for riding and walking, a perfect opportunity to embrace the spring and summer biking season. The 2022 Open Street Season will also officially kick off with over 80 streets activated in communities throughout the city.

The nine locations are:

• Bronx, Southbound Mosholu Parkway, Van Cortlandt Avenue East to Bainbridge Avenue
• Bronx, Roberto Clemente Plaza, 3rd Avenue, 148th Street to 149th Street
• Brooklyn, Tompkins Avenue, Gates Avenue to Halsey Street
• Manhattan, Avenue B, East 6th Street to East 14th Street
• Manhattan, Broadway, East 17th Street to West 42nd Street
• Manhattan, Dyckman Street, Quisqueya Plaza to Dyckman Marina
• Manhattan, St. Nicholas Avenue, 181st Street to 190th Street
• Queens, 34th Avenue, 69th Street to 94th Street
• Staten Island, Minthorne Street, Bay Street to Victory Boulevard

 

In addition, Lime will be hosting two events this week to celebrate Earth Day and New York City’s Car Free Day. On Friday, April 22, Lime will host a helmet giveaway at the Westchester Square Business Improvement District (BID)’s Earth Day celebration which is focused on planting new greenery in the neighborhood.

 

On Saturday, April 23, Lime will join the New York City Department of Transportation’s citywide Car Free Day celebrations with an e-scooter and adaptive vehicle demo on Mosholu Parkway. Lime’s Gen4 e-scooters will be onsite, along with its adaptive vehicles, which through the Lime Able program, are available to rent for free for 24 hour periods, and delivered to the home of anyone with mobility limitations who may benefit from adaptive electric vehicles.

The events coincide with Lime’s global campaign, urging hundreds of thousands of riders to Break Up With Cars. Throughout April, Lime has been running a worldwide campaign centered around Earth Day called “Break Up with Cars,” a global brand campaign to encourage drivers to end what it calls “their toxic relationships with cars.” At both events, Lime will be encouraging New Yorkers to ride green this spring and summer, as congestion rates in New York City skyrocket along with gas prices.

 

Break Up With Cars is the company’s first global campaign that directly takes on driving in cities, highlighting the many ways it says residents over reliance on cars has yielded pollution, congestion, wasted time, and resulted in over 1.3 million deaths annually, worldwide.

 

The campaign, timed for Earth Month, also comes as gas prices have soared and further increased the already-high costs of driving. Through “Break Up With Cars”, drivers can also win rewards for pledging to break up with their cars. Rewards include up to $3,500 worth of Lime rides, “Break Up With Cars” t-shirts, Bern helmets and more.

 

Since launching the campaign this month, the company said over 15,000 Lime riders have pledged to break up with cars, most of whom pledged to give up their cars for 30 days.

 

Meanwhile, during Bronx Community Board 7’s executive meeting held April 21, district manager, Ischia Bravo, highlighted that for parents with young children, it is not always safe to put kids on bikes and that cars are still needed to get kids to school and elsewhere around the city safely.

 

Click here, here and here for more details of other Earth Day events.