San Francisco to Launch Bike Sharing Program

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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced yesterday which inside of the subsequent year, San Francisco skeleton to start the United States initial informal bike pity program, offering bikes to members in San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, as well as Mountain View, California.

Like the car-sharing program, people can sign up as well as compensate the fee to turn members, definition which they would be means to check out the bike as well as float it to any alternative hire in the network. Members would clear cars with possibly the prepaid membership card or the credit card, as well as afterwards be charged based upon how long the bike is checked out. There will be no assign for rides thirty minutes or less.

There is additionally going to be an choice for visitors in the area to check out the bike for just the integrate days.

Specific prices have not yet been set, though it is estimated which the price will be somewhere in between the cab fare as well as riding the metro.

The initial 1,000 bikes will be accessible in late 2011 to mid-2012, with the goal of over 10,000 bikes in the area when the plan is fully launched.

Bike pity programs have been popping up all over the United States, with the ultimate one opening in Broward County, Florida (starting in beach cities like Hollywood as well as Fort Lauderdale) as well as in Miami Beach, where it is possible to float the bike flattering much year round.

Source: SFGate

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