Hubway
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | The municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts. |
| Locale | Greater Boston, United States |
| Transit type | Bicycle sharing system |
| Number of stations | 158 (June 2016) |
| Annual ridership | 1,192,805 (2014) |
| Website | TheHubway.com |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | July 28, 2011 |
| Operator(s) | Motivate |
| Number of vehicles | 1,461+ (June 2016) |
Hubway is a bicycle sharing system in the Boston, Massachusetts metro area. The system is owned by the cities of Boston, Cambridge,Somerville and Town of Brookline, and operated by Motivate and uses technology provided by 8D Technologies, as well as PBSC Urban Solutions bikes and docking stations. The bike share program officially launched on July 28, 2011 with 61 stations and 600 bicycles. Expansions were already being planned for in the spring of 2012, adding more stations in Boston as well as the neighboring cities and towns of Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville. As of June 2016, the system has deployed 158 stations with a fleet of over 1,461 bikes.
On Earth Day, April 21, 2011, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino signed a contract with Alta Bicycle Share, officially announcing the launch of a bike share system in Boston. Planned as a regional system, Hubway was initiated under Mayor Menino's nationally recognized Boston Bikes Program, which aims to build Boston into one of the world's premiere cycling cities. The program was fully funded by $4.5 million in grants from the Federal Transit Administration and local organizations.
Hubway officially launched on July 28, 2011, with an event in which members could ride bicycles from City Hall Plaza to a designated bicycle station. The event featured Mayor Menino, representatives from various sponsors, and related agencies. In November 2011, Hubway was shutdown and disassembled for the winter as a preventative measure to counter New England winter weather.
On March 15, 2012, Hubway was relaunched for the season. By the end of the 2012 season on November 28, the system had 105 stations and 1,050 bikes. Again, Hubway was shutdown and disassembled for the winter. The system reopened on April 2, 2013, and by the end of November 2013 had expanded to 130 stations and 1,200 bikes. While a majority of the stations were shutdown again for the winter season, 25 stations in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, remained open during a winter pilot program. After the full system relaunched on April 2, 2014, the system grew to 140 stations and over 1,300 bikes.
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