Workers were out today loading the Citibike docks along Broadway north of Times Square onto trucks, leaving a outlines along the bike lanes where they used to be. It looks like this is the start of preparations for the big New Years Eve celebrations…I guess having thousands of people swarming isn’t good for the bikes, who would’ve thought…

Here’s the affected docks from the map. They’re just marked as “out of service”, so it’s pretty safe to assume they’ll be back in the new year:

In other Citibike-​New-​Years news, they installed a few of the bikes in Times Square today hooked up to a generator, so you can contribute a tiny, tiny fraction of the electricity the ball will use on the night. There was also the whole Good Riddance Day thing going on, but that’s something else entirely…