Lucy rides a BIXI from our Bike Spotting BIXI. Photo by Tammy Thorne.

BIXI Toronto will begin relocating 17 stations starting this Saturday, November 26, 2011. On-street stations are being moved to prevent damage during snow removal. Stations with lower usage will also be relocated.

The City of Toronto and BIXI will place these existing stations at new locations outside of the current service area. Originally covering 8 square kilometres, BIXI users will get access to stations now covering 12 square kilometres, an expansion of 50%. The station at Phoebe Ave and Spadina will also grow with 24 new docking points added.

BIXI Toronto has reached 3936 members after only 6 months of service and riders have made 372,417 trips. BIXI Toronto is also reporting that the average number of trips per day has seen little decrease even as outside temperatures continue to fall. Toronto’s bike-share system is up and running year around, the first system open all year in Canada.

BIXI Toronto station relocations are as follows:

Stations will be moved on these days:

Saturday

1. University Ave / Charles St
2. Peter / Queen
3. Mutual Ave / Dundas

Monday

1. Expansion of Phoebe Ave / Spadina Ave
2. College St / Roberts St
3. Church St / Granby Ave

Tuesday

1. Beverley St / Grange Ave
2. Jarvis St / Shuter Ave
3. Mutual St / Gould St

Wednesday

1. Hayter St / Bay St
2. Surrey Place / Grovesnor Ave
3. CNE

Thursday

1. Shuter St / Bond St
2. Duncan / Queen
3. Yonge St / Dundonald St

Friday

1. University Ave / Richmond St
2. Beverley St / College St
3. Hoskin Ave / Devonshire PI

Earlier this summer our Bike Spotting team found that BIXI riders were already travelling outside of the service area: Why are you on a BIXI and how far are you going?