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6.1.D. - Page 3 <br /> finished many residents living east of Highway 101 may prefer to walk or bike <br /> directly to downtown rather than drive the (longer) route. <br /> 5. Additional bikeway infrastructure connecting neighborhoods to downtown (e.g. a <br /> bike boulevard on Vera Avenue) will be completed within two to three years. <br /> 6. Implementing any new bike share program will likely take one to two years <br /> including analysis, vendor selection, contract negotiation, planning, <br /> manufacturing lead times, and installation. <br /> 7. San Mateo's pilot bike share program, which uses different technology and <br /> pricing, launched in May 2016 and is scheduled to run for three years. <br /> Considerable data, including ridership information and lessons learned, will be <br /> available during the first one to two years of pilot operation. <br /> Redwood City's opt-in costs to continue with the Motivate system would include a <br /> monthly operations and maintenance (O&M) cost of $100 per dock per month <br /> (Redwood City is currently allocated 117 docks) and potentially a $12.50 per dock per <br /> month equipment upgrade cost. Based on current ridership, and including the potential <br /> $12.50 equipment upgrade cost, Redwood City would likely have to pay $13,162.50 per <br /> month ($157,950 annually) to continue with the Motivate system after June 30, 2016. <br /> This would be a new budgetary expense; during the grant-funded pilot program <br /> Redwood City paid no operational costs. <br /> Different bike share systems use different technologies, with differing costs. For <br /> example, San Mateo purchased its pilot bikes from Social Bicycles (SoBi). Unlike <br /> Motivate, the SoBi system places the technology for locating, releasing, using, and re- <br /> locking the bikes on the bikes themselves ("smart bike") rather than in the bike share <br /> station/kiosk ("smart dock"). This reduces equipment costs since fewer stations and <br /> kiosks are required. It also greatly increases flexibility for riders since bikes may be <br /> picked up and returned to any bike rack within a defined area. By comparison, the <br /> Motivate system ("smart dock") is dependent upon a network of station kiosks and <br /> docks where members check out and check in bicycles. <br /> Costs of systems may be partially offset by future grant and sponsorship opportunities. <br /> Typically grant and sponsorship funding covers up to 50% of bike share operation and <br /> maintenance (O&M costs). Additionally, net costs of alternative systems may vary <br /> depending on any opportunities to share revenue derived from user memberships and <br /> fees. Under the Motivate system, the opt-in cities will not receive member fee revenue <br /> generated in those cities. <br /> As part of its analysis Redwood City staff considered temporarily reducing its number of <br /> bike stations/docks to eliminate the least-popular stations, thereby lowering the Motivate <br /> O&M costs. This would be considered only as a short-term measure to bridge the gap <br /> while evaluating a different bike share system or technology. Ultimately Redwood City <br /> staff recommends against this option in order to direct limited resources and funding <br /> toward a long-term solution. <br />