Bay Area Bike Share
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Transit type | Bicycle sharing system |
| Number of stations | 104 |
| Website | www.bayareabikeshare.com |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | August 29, 2013 |
| Operator(s) | Motivate |
| Number of vehicles | 1040 |
Bay Area Bike Share is a regional public bicycle sharing system in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The system began operations in August 2013 and has 700 bicycles available in 70 stations, half around the city of San Francisco, and the rest along the Caltrain corridor in Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Jose. By 2017, the system will be expanded to 7,000 bicycles, and will be introduced to the East Bay area.
The system is operated by Alta Bicycle Share Inc. in a partnership with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The Bay Area Bike Share is the first large-scale bicycle sharing system deployed in California and on the West Coast of the United States.
The Bay Area Bike Share is a regional bike sharing program along the Caltrain corridor in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was launched as a pilot program in two phases. The first phase opened to the public on August 29, 2013 with 700 bicycles at 70 stations in five cities: San Francisco, Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Jose. For the second phase, it is planned to deploy in the five cities an additional 300 bikes and 30 docking stations during the first quarter 2014.
The Bay Area Bike Share is the first large-scale bicycle sharing system deployed on the West Coast of the United States, and, according to spokespersons from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, it is also the first regional system in the U.S. that services more than just a single city or adjacent cities. The performance of the system, including safety impacts and travel behavior, will be monitored by the Transportation Sustainability Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley.
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