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Update 4:53 p.m.: The SFMTA just launched a bike-share station crowdsourcing map (using, we should note, a tool from OpenPlans, Streetsblog's parent organization). The agency wants "people’s comments on where they would like to see Bay Area Bike Share stations as well as what they think of the initial 35 station locations," said spokesperson Ben Jose.
May 31, 2013
SFMTA Releases Preliminary Map of Bike-Share Station Locations
The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has released a map of 41 locations [PDF] being considered for the first 35 bike-share stations in downtown SF. Six of those stations will be installed, "pending additional funding," after the launch of the initial 350-bike pilot project, the agency's website says.
April 25, 2013
As Bike-Share Pilot Lurches Along, Supe Wiener Calls for Full-Scale Launch
While San Franciscans eagerly await the repeatedly-delayed launch of the Bay Area's small-scale bike-share pilot program, which has now been downsized to a minuscule 700 bikes (350 of them in SF), Supervisor Scott Wiener says San Francisco needs to take the initiative to move ahead and launch a "full-scale system" throughout the city by next year.
March 5, 2013
Yet Another Bike-Share Delay: Launch Now Set for Summer 2013 or Later
Bike-share in the Bay Area will now arrive no sooner than the summer of 2013, roughly a year and a half after the original launch date, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Alta Bicycle Share, the chosen vendor, is still negotiating a contract with agencies in the five cities in which the system is planned to launch, said BAAQMD spokesperson Ralph Borrmann. Once the contract is signed, he said, the launch will come at least six to eight months later.
December 13, 2012
Bike-Share Launch Pushed Back to August to Give Bidders More Time
The Bay Area's regional bike-share pilot program will now launch no earlier than August and may be phased in over a two-month period.
March 21, 2012