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... 5 Bikeshare is an on-demand transportation service that allows users to access bicycles for a fee and use them for point-to-point connections to local destinations. Bikeshare provides affordable, convenient, and sustainable travel options with multiple benefits to users and jurisdictions alike.
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... 6 Public Transit and Bikesharing transit integration, including Helsinki's City Bike, to date there is no fully integrated bikeshare and transit system in the United States. However, many U.S.
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... Introduction 7 and manufacturer)
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... 8 Public Transit and Bikesharing Bikeshare programs in these cities range from 11 to 640 stations and 100 to over 12,000 bicycles. Smart bike technology is in three cities while smart dock technology is in 15 cities.
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... Jurisdiction FTA Regiona City Population Sizec TRANSIT SYSTEM METRICS Annual Unlinked Passenger Tripsd Size of Active Fleet -- Operatedd Service Area (in square miles) d Webpage Bostonb 1 667,137 409,248,438 4,181,019 2,372 3,244 34% www.mbta.com New Yorkb 2 8,550,405 3,545,170,643 8,491,079 10,805 321 41% www.mta.info Washington, DCb 3 672,228 411,323,792 3,719,567 3,060 950 44% www.wmata.com Philadelphiab 3 1,567,442 347,177,503 3,361,074 2,342 836 38% www.septa.org Miami 4 2,693,117 110,770,975 2,496,435 1,108 306 23% www.miamidade.gov/transit Charlotte 4 792,862 29,438,356 1,098,944 431 688 22% www.ridetransit.org Birmingham 4 212,461 3,343,699 452,091 90 186 9% www.bjcta.org Dayton 5 140,559 10,718,387 559,062 174 274 16% www.greaterdaytonrta.org Minneapolis 5 410,939 84,535,513 1,843,207 861 657 26% www.metrotransit.org Cleveland 5 388,072 49,245,884 1,412,140 537 458 20% www.riderta.com Chicagob 5 2,720,546 514,216,813 3,425,958 2,676 314 42% www.transitchicago.com San Antonio 6 1,469,845 44,012,730 1,785,704 739 1,213 14% www.viainfo.net Austin 6 931,830 34,178,526 1,079,995 800 535 11% www.capmetro.org Omaha 7 443,885 4,163,850 561,920 134 178 17% www.ometro.com Fargo 8 118,523 1,795,445 134,149 36 45 12% www.matbus.com Salt Lake City 8 192,672 46,279,409 1,883,504 1,081 737 16% www.rideuta.com Los Angeles 9 3,971,883 479,654,334 8,626,817 3,457 1,513 23% www.metro.net Las Vegas 9 623,747 60,964,698 2,008,655 640 280 39% www.rtcsnv.com Phoenix 9 1,563,025 18,230,812 3,629,114 412 732 16% www.valleymetro.org Portland 10 632,309 99,493,577 1,542,044 894 533 27% www.trimet.org aFTA regions were derived from the FTA regional office map found under https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/regional-offices/regional-offices.
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... Table 2. Select bikeshare characteristics from programs and cities participating in the bikeshare and transit integration survey.
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... Chicago Divvy www.divvybikes.com 581 5,200 June 2013 Jurisdiction owned and privately operated PBSC Smart dock Motivate San Antonio San Antonio Bcycle www.sanantonio.bcycle.com 58 484 March 2011 Nonprofit owned and operated B-cycle Smart dock San Antonio Bikeshare Austin Austin B-cycle www.austinAustinBbcycle.com 50 390 Dec. 2013 Nonprofit owned and operated B-cycle Smart dock Austin Bcycle Omaha Heartland Bcycle www.heartland.bcycle.com 33 180 June 2011 Nonprofit owned and operated B-cycle Smart dock Heartland Bcycle Fargo Great Rides Bike Share www.greatrides.bcycle.com 11 100 March 2015 Nonprofit owned and operated B-cycle Smart dock GreatRides Bikeshare Salt Lake City GREENbike www.greenbikeslc.org 32 280 April 2013 Nonprofit owned and operated B-cycle Smart dock GREENbike Los Angeles Metro Bike Share www.bikeshare.metro.net 61 800 July 2016 Jurisdiction owned and privately operated B-cycle Smart dock Bicycle Transit Systems Las Vegas RTC Bike Share www.rtcbikeshare.bcycle.com 21 160 Sept.

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