Metro - File #: 2015-1757

• File #: 2015-1757
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 12/9/2015
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 1/20/2016
• Final action: 1/20/2016
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Metro Countywide Bike Share Program Update.
• Indexes: Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program, Bicycling, Board approved a Motion, Burbank, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Culver City, Downey, Downtown Los Angeles, Glendale, Grant Aid, Huntington Park, Informational Report, Maps, Metro Bike Share, Outreach, Partnerships, Pasadena, Program, Ridesharing, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Shared mobility, South Bay Cities subregion, Testing, Transit System, Vehicle sharing, Westside Cities subregion

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/20/2016	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: METRO COUNTYWIDE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM

ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Metro Countywide Bike Share Program Update.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

At the June 2015 meeting, the Board awarded a two-year contract to Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) for the equipment, installation and operations of the Metro Countywide Bike Share Phase 1 Pilot in downtown Los Angeles (DTLA Pilot). At the July 23, 2015 meeting, the Board approved Motion 22.1 providing staff with direction on interoperability objectives. At the December 3, 2015 meeting the Board approved a fare structure and a three-step interoperability strategy for the Metro Countywide Bike Share Program.

Staff has been working with the City of Los Angeles towards the launch of the Pilot in summer 2016. On a parallel track, staff has been working with bike share ready cities identified in the Metro Countywide Bike Share Implementation Plan to prepare them for implementation, if authorized by the Board. Also staff continues to work with the TAP department to implement steps that will facilitate interoperability between Metro's Bike Share system and other transit and bike services in Los Angeles County.

Below is a more detailed update on work carried out to date.

Downtown Los Angeles Pilot Update
The following is a brief overview of work that has been carried out in the last few months as it relates to the DTLA Pilot:

Public Outreach
Building upon the preliminary crowdsourcing station siting maps that were launched in fall and winter of 2014 and in partnership with LADOT, Metro published an online interactive online map at metro.net/bike share for public input. This interactive map served as the next step in the station site selection process by further refining station locations. The public input period was from November 10 to December ...