Now that Allston Christmas has come and gone, and the sidewalks are slightly little less laden with busted furniture than yesterday, the streets of Boston are back to being navigable. That means it’s time to get back on your bike and enjoy the seasonal weather before it transitions quickly into fall (and dare I say it, winter). For some, myself included, that means utilizing Hubway.

Now, I’m still embarrassed that I’ve never ridden a Hubway bike and hopefully you can at least see some of the reasoning behind it. It’s not that I’m anti-bike share or don’t know how to ride, it’s more so that actually plugging all of the applicable information into the kiosks looks like an uninviting chore.

But Hubway is fully aware of this minor shortcoming and is looking to rebrand its usage fee chart in hopes of eliciting more users turned off by the prospect of doing some actual thinking.

Hubway’s marketing manager, Benjy Kantor, told BostInno in an email that they plan on implementing “a more visually interesting (and simple) piece,” in lieu of its current step-by-step instructions.

Kantor explained that Hubway borrowed the idea for its upgraded chart from Bike Share Toronto (as seen above), though it won’t be an exact replica. He also mentioned that there’s no hard timeline for when Hubway’s kiosks will receive the makeover, so stay tuned.

I started airing my grievances with Hubway’s current way of doing things when it came to light that Citi Bike, New York City’s bike share system, sourced simple and easily-digestible images from first-year MFA Interaction Design students who examined how non-English speakers deal with the instructions, and came up with a more universal and explanatory method. Citi Bike describes its new picture-centric chart as “more of a storyboard.”

Hubway’s pricing works as such: For a day’s worth of biking, a 24-hour pass, it’ll cost you a cool $6. After 30-minutes, you get charged an additional $2. After another half hour, you’re charged $4. For every additional 30 minutes after that, you incur an $8 charge.

Kantor, though, shared a little insider wisdom for beating Hubway at its own game. “Trick of the trade: dock your bike every 29 minutes, avoid usage fees. But of course riders should feel free to go on an extended joyride.”

Boom.

As mentioned, Hubway isn’t quite ready to roll out its visuals, so keep checking back with BostInno for more updates.

Have a few issues of your own with Hubway’s fee chart? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Image via Hubway.