SMART Access Bike Share Grant Proposal Marin-SonomaSONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

JULY 10, 2017

What is Bike Share?• Innovative and flexible personal public

transportation service

• Provides on-demand access to a network of publicly-rentable bicycles

• Designed for short, one-way trips

• Automated check-out

• Can provide last mile solution for bus and train trips

• Flexible payment options, including per-minute or hour rental, or membership fee with free short rides

Where is Bike Share?• San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland,

Berkeley, Emeryville (Ford GoBike) Redwood City, Palo Alto, San Ramon (Social Bicycles “SoBi”)

• Over 70 US cities

• Hundreds of cities across the US, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and Asia

• Coming soon to Healdsburg

Healdsburg

(Source: MTC)

Who Would Use Bike Share?

• Residents

• Commuters

• Employees

• Visitors (short-stay)

• Tourists (long-stay)

• Students

Source: Toole Design

MTC Bike Share Capital Program• $4.5M set aside for jurisdictions outside of

privately-funded Motivate expansion

• $2 included in Phase 1

• TAM/SCTA, and cities of Alameda, Fremont, Palo Alto and Richmond invited to apply

• One-time funding source

• Capital and initial implementation costs

• Goals:• Expand bicycle access and use through

bike sharing• Facilitate multimodal transportation in

connection with transit

Bay Area Bike Share (Source: Flickr)

Proposed SMART Access Pilot

• Joint Marin (TAM) and Sonoma (SCTA) proposal• Partners include SMART and cities of Santa Rosa,

Rohnert Park, Cotati, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael, and Larkspur

• $1.17M grant request

• Additional funds for operations may be sought through sponsorship, TFCA and/or other sources

• Focused on SMART Phase 1 Corridor

• 200-bicycle system deployed over a three-year period

• Proposed station areas and technology informed by the Shift Bike Share Feasibility Study

• Smart bikes at SMART train stations and surrounding key destinations

Smart Bike Technology• Technology for renting, locking, and locating

built in to bicycle• GPS on bikes provides data for system planning

and to locate missing equipment• Flexible

• Modular stations with optional kiosks• Allows for easy expansion of the system as demand

increases• Stations are easier to relocate• Lower capital costs • Lower implementation and maintenance costs• Can be locked to any rack mid-trip• No risk of full docking stations

Social Bicycles (Source: Nelson\Nygaard)

Station Siting Considerations

• Wide sidewalks

• Little to no shade

• Proximity to transit and bike networks

• Parking removal

• Clearance from trees and utilities

• Approximately 5-6 ft x 15-64 ft depending on the placement degree of dock and the number of bikes per station

Source: Toole Design

Next Steps1

• MTC Commission Approval – tentatively September 2017

2• SCTA Board Approval

3

• Finalize governance structure • Steering Committee - SCTA, TAM and partner

agencies

4

• Procurement of equipment and operations services

• Create a process for future entities to join

5• Funding and Fundraising

6• Station Planning

7

• Public and Stakeholder Outreach• Including potential users, bicycle advocacy

groups, bicycle event groups, bicycle rental companies, property owners, employers

8• Deployment

9• Evaluation and Expansion

Thank you!

Zagster (Source: Toole Design)