Bay Area to Get Second-Largest Bike-Share System in US

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Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, surrounded by Bay Area city officials and advocates, at a press conference announces the significant expansion of Bay Area Bike Share. Photo by Bryan Goebel/KQED

By Patricia Yollin and Bryan Goebel, KQED News Fix

Bay Area transportation officials have approved a contract to expand Bay Area Bike Share from a pilot of 700 bikes to a permanent program of 7,000 bikes, which will make it the second-largest bike-share system in the United States.

“In just an incredible blink of an eye, I don’t think you’ll be able to remember the days when bike share wasn’t a part of the urban fabric of all of these cities,” said Jay Walder, the CEO of Motivate and former head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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