The Belmont City Council is considering implementing a dockless bikeshare service like those in the cities of San Mateo and Burlingame.
Mayor Doug Kim proposed the idea at a meeting this week, and his colleagues appeared open to it, but agreed to hold off on further discussion or action until a priority-setting session early next year.
“Bikeshare services offer last-mile travel opportunities that can enhance transit use by allowing users to access low-cost, pollution free mobility,” Kim wrote in a memo to the council. He also stressed that such a program will be at no cost to the city.
“It can be very easy to implement a pilot program on something like this,” he said. “And we have an opportunity to manage the rules under which any kind of bikeshare program is considered in our city.”
Kim said LimeBikes, one such service, have been showing up around town because of agreements that neighboring cities have with the company.
Councilmembers were glad to be able to learn from neighboring cities about what has and has not worked for them since many started implementing dockless bikeshares almost a year ago.
“We often benefit from not going first,” Councilman Charles Stone said. “It’s going to be fantastic when we do address it because we’ll have the experience from other cities.”
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