A 16-year-old boy riding a Citi Bike was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Queens on Monday night.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.A 16-year-old boy riding a Citi Bike was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Queens on Monday night, becoming the third person to die so far this year while using the bike-share service.
Tamara Chuchi Kao, 62, was killed by a cement truck driver in Astoria while riding an analog Citi Bike in January, according to police. Days later, Sarah Schick, a 37-year-old mother of two, wasNext month marks a decade since Citi Bike's launch in New York, which began with docks in Manhattan south of 79th Street and in parts of western Brooklyn. The network has since expanded into farther reaches of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Its ridership has also grown drastically.
The city's Department of Transportation reports 11 people have died riding bicycles so far in 2023, the highest number of cyclist deaths reported in the city at this point in the year since 2014, when former Mayor de Blasio launched his Vision Zero program with the goal of reducing fatal car crashes.
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