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Bay Area's First Bike Sharing Program Proceeds

Posted by: Alek Miller

11 November 2009 - 11:00am

The Valley Transportation Authority plans to release its final report on a bike share program by the end of the year.

"Despite the much ballyhooed talk by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom that his city will implement a public bike share pilot (two years of talk that has garnered numerous press hits), the first bike share program in the Bay Area will likely be implemented by the middle of 2010 in Santa Clara County by the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). While small size may still be a liability to its success and long term funding sources must be determined, the VTA is miles ahead of other transit operators in completing the process necessary to deliver a pilot."

Full Story: Santa Clara VTA Proceeds with Bay Area's First Bike Share Pilot Program
Source: SF Streetsblog, November 10, 2009
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