“Citi Bike will give New Yorkers and the 50 million tourists who visit New York each year a healthy, green way to navigate the city.”

“Most of what I hear is, ‘How come there’s not a station that’s closer to me? There are parts of Brooklyn where if you stop walking for a second, someone is going to chain their bike to you.”

“This can change the city. Not everything overnight, but it gives people a whole new way to get around. Bike share programs have been off-the-chart successful, I think, everyplace they’ve done them.”

“I am very happy to know that when your new Bike Share system is launched next month, there will be bike stations here in our neighbourhood. I would much rather see bicycles and bike-riders around here than the limousines, armoured SUVs and other gas-guzzling cars that we all use at the United Nations!”

“My advice is, ‘Enjoy it.’ I think it’s high time that New York had it. It’s a great scheme; it will go well.”

“It will make New Yorkers rethink their city and rewrite the mental maps we use to decide what is convenient, what is possible. Parks, restaurants and friends who once seemed beyond plausible commuting distance on public transportation will seem a lot closer.”