Healthfi rst offers ’First Ride Free’ on Citi Bike
From Saturday, Sept. 25, to
Saturday, Oct. 9, Healthfi rst,
the offi cial wellness partner
of Citi Bike, is offering a First
Ride Free to help get more
New Yorkers outside and using
pedal power to get to their
favorite local spots or for some
healthy exercise. The free ride
activation includes one free
30-minute ride on Citi Bike
classic bikes. Citi Bike is operated
as a partnership between
the city Department of Transportation
(DOT) and Lyft.
“Citi Bike has become an
integral part of New Yorkers
lives by making cycling more
readily available than ever
before,” said DOT Commissioner
Hank Gutman. “I thank
Healthfi rst and our partner
Lyft for offering this two week
opportunity to try this green,
affordable and healthy way to
get around our city.”
“Citi Bike was there for
New Yorkers during the pandemic,
and as we’re seeing
New York come back to life,
we have a unique opportunity
to help support the reawakening
of the city and help NYC
rebound.” said Laura Fox,
General Manager for Citi Bike
at Lyft, “Biking is not only a
fun way to experience the city
but it’s also an important way
to reduce traffi c congestion
and emissions, which is why
we’re working together with
Healthfi rst to help introduce
new people to the benefi ts of
cycling.”
To claim the free 30-minute
bike ride, riders can use the
promo code Healthfi rst21 to
redeem a free ride in the Lyft
or Citi Bike app.
Healthfi rst is also the presenting
sponsor of the Reduced
Fare Bike Share program,
which offers discounted
$5/month memberships to eligible
NYC Housing Authority
residents, SNAP recipients
and members of select community
development credit
unions.
Currently, there more than
14,000 New Yorkers access the
Reduced Fare Bike Share program.
Membership has doubled
in the past year due to
expansion of bike stations and
riders fi nding Citi Bikes to be
a safe and dependable mode of
transportation.
“If you haven’t taken a ride
on a Citi Bike, First Ride Free
offers a great opportunity
to give it a try compliments
of Healthfi rst,” said Miguel
Centeno, Healthfi rst vice
president of Community Engagement.
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“We were excited
to see the steady growth in
the number of Reduced Fare
Bike Share members over the
past year which reinforces
that the program provides a
valuable resource to the community.”
Researchers at Colorado
University recently found in
the fi rst study of its kind that
bikeshare saves the U.S. $36
million in public health dollars
every year, with more
than $15 million of that coming
from Citi Bike alone. The
researchers estimated that
putting 100,000 additional
New Yorkers onto bikeshare
would result in 15 fewer
deaths, 2,556 fewer disability
adjusted life years, and more
than $111 million fewer public
health dollars spent annually
through increases in physical
activity and improvements in
air quality.
Citi Bike provided a socially
distanced and reliable
mode of transportation for
New Yorkers during the pandemic,
supporting millions
of rides, many of which were
taken by our heroic frontline
workers. Through the launch
of the Critical Care program,
Citi Bike was able to step up
and provide more than 30,000
free memberships and 1.2 million
rides to essential workers
and healthcare providers.
Today Citi Bike is the most
widely used bike-share system
in North America, reaching
a milestone of 100 million
all-time rides last year and a
record-breaking 135,004 trips
taken on a single day on Sept.
11. Last year alone, nearly
900,000 Citi Bike riders pedaled
more than 42.1 million
miles. Citi Bike has also expanded
to add another 250
stations this year, with more
than 1,500 stations and 23,000
bikes total across the system.
-Bronx Times
From Sept. 25, to Oct. 9, 2021, Healthfi rst, the offi cial wellness partner
of Citi Bike, is offering a First Ride Free to help get more New Yorkers
outside and using pedal power to get to their favorite local spots or for
some healthy exercise.
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