The City of Hoboken has expanded their Citi Bike program, including utilizing the new Pillar docking system, with the bike share system in front of City Hall now located on Newark Street, between Hudson and Washington Streets.
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“We are proud to expand Citi Bike in Hoboken, while showcasing this innovative design to support the growing Citi Bike bike-share program. This new system not only enhances the bike-share experience but also contributes to a more accessible city,” Mayor Ravi Bhalla said in a statement.
“By relocating the existing docking station and adding this new, smaller profile station in front of City Hall, we are maintaining bike share access to City services while providing our residents and visitors with more options to patronize downtown businesses, or commute into New York City.”
At the same time, a new eight-dock Citi Bike station will then be installed on the sidewalk in front of City Hall, expanding the City’s bike-sharing infrastructure in the high-demand downtown Hoboken area.
The curb space in front of City Hall will be repurposed as a 15-minute time-limited loading zone from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., for short stays and loading during the day and overnight parking along Washington Street between First and Newark Streets.
The new City Hall docking station will be the first in New Jersey to use Lyft’s new Pillar system, which has a modular design that allows for flexible and smaller installations, making it easier to deploy in areas with high curbside demand.
The new docking stations can also expand and be retrofitted to support charging for e-bikes, which now account for more than 50 percent of user trips, reducing battery swapping trips, and improving reliability.
The two stations will add essential Citi Bike access just two blocks away from Hoboken Terminal, which is one of the region’s busiest transportation hubs.
While Citi Bike ridership has grown 10 percent over the past year citywide, it has grown 14 percent at the docking stations within a five-minute walk of Hoboken Terminal.
“Launching Pillar in Hoboken marks a significant step forward in Citi Bike’s mission to connect riders with their city,” Citi Bike General Manager at Lyft Urban Solutions Patrick Knoth.
We leveraged more than a decade of bikeshare experience to design an innovative, sustainable station that improves the rider’s start and end of ride, and supports cities’ efforts to plan creatively and effectively.”
With over 1 million rides taken in 2024 across Hoboken and Jersey City, including more than 600,000 e-bike rides, the new stations will support a growing base of 4,400 active members in the region.
Hoboken and Jersey City partnered with Lyft to launch a unified bike share system with New York City in 2021.