Bikes going N.Y.ers’ way

NEW YORKERS are using Citi Bike to cut out the schlep to where they’re going from mass transit stops, a new report found.

Many of the busiest stations in the bike share network are near transit hubs — with just 10 of the system’s 614 stops accounting for 7% of all trips, according to NYU’s Rudin Center for Transportation.

The most popular Citi Bike station in the city is at Pershing Square North, near Grand Central Terminal — where 16,556 trips began last September. There are nine bike sites within a quarter-mile of Penn Station, eight within a quarter-mile of Grand Central, and 10 within a quartermile of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

The vast majority of Citi Bike trips, 98%, are shorter than 45 minutes, and nearly half clock in at under 10 minutes.

“People are using Citi Bike in short distances that are perhaps too short to jump on a subway, but may be too long to walk,” said Rudin Assistant Director Sarah Kaufman. “Citi Bike introduces a new option that . . . really cuts down on travel times.”

The stats show the bikes are being used for errands and commuting, rather than leisurely cruising.

“It’s not being used by tourists, it’s being used by commuters and regular New Yorkers,” Kaufman said.

With most Citi Bike stations in Manhattan, 83% of trips in September started and ended in the borough. In Manhattan, only 598 residential buildings and 182 commercial buildings are more than half a mile from the subway — but of those, 93% and 95% respectively are within half a mile of a Citi Bike station.

Currently, only 18% of stations are in neighborhoods with median household incomes under $50,000. The system is in the midst of an expansion into the outer boroughs and further north in Manhattan.