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A brand-spanking new peloton of Citi Bikes<\/a> has been sitting unused in their Queens docks for weeks \u2014 angering locals who say they\u2019re too expensive, crowd the sidewalks and gobble up precious parking spaces,<\/p>\n Several stations popped up across Forest Hills in the past month, but are seemingly always full and underutilized. <\/p>\n A full rack of Citi Bikes sit on Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n \u201cThere are\u00a0too many. It\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s out of control, and as you can see, no one is using them,\u201d fumed Joe Augello, 70, an insurance broker who has lived in the nabe for three decades.<\/p>\n Augello pointed out that many Forest Hills residents are car drivers<\/a>, but at least one of the dock stations was planted in front of private homes.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople can\u2019t walk the streets because these things are in the way. I\u00a0mean, if you have somebody that had to walk here with a wheelchair or a stroller, you have to navigate the stupid bicycles,\u201d Augello said.<\/p>\n Forest Hills now has 44 Citi Bike stations across both major and residential streets, as part of the network expansion announced earlier this week by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s out of control, and as you can see, no one is using them,\u201d fumed Joe Augello. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n The network increased by 11%, with 234 total stations popping up in seven neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.<\/p>\n Augello said he started noticing the increase in docking stations in the last month or so.<\/p>\n \u201cEspecially what\u2019s really ridiculous is when they have these stations in front of a private residence,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n Lyft has other plans to add \u201chundreds of docks\u201d within the existing service area this fall, including in Midtown, Chelsea, Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Gowanus, City Hall said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t like them!\u201d said Arthur Feigenbaum. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n