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City of Palo Alto (ID # 6324)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Study Session Meeting Date: 4/25/2016
Summary Title: Update on the Mid-Peninsula Bicycle Sharing System Study
Title: Receive and Review the Report on the Mid-Peninsula Bicycle Sharing
System Study
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Planning and Community Environment
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and review the report on the Mid-Peninsula
Bicycle Sharing System Study. This is a study session, and no action is requested.
Executive Summary
Bike Share is a transportation system which provide a fleet of bicycles for use by anyone within
the service area for an established time-based price. Typically, bikes must be picked up and
returned to fixed docking stations, but some systems contain onboard locking systems allowing
users to leave bikes anywhere within the service area. Bike share providers typically price rides
to encourage short trips and funtion as a “last mile” solution for transit riders to reach their
destinations which may be inconvenient or too far for walking or by local transit.
Bike share systems of varying sizes are currently active across the United States and within Palo
Alto and the regional Bay Area Bike Share system. The existing Bay Area Bike Share (BABS)
program is a fixed-station system with 700 bicycles variably distributed across five cities: San
Francisco, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose. Five stations and 50 bikes are
currently located within the City of Palo Alto. The five city pilot program launced in 2013 under
an agreement between the Bay Area Air Qauality Management District and local parter
agencies to oversee implementation.
Since implemetnation, Motivate, the BABS vendor, monitored system performance and in May
2015 entered into an agreement with the Metropolitain Transportation Commission (MTC) to
expand the system within San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose with no public
funding. These cities were selected for expansion based on positive correlations between bike
share trips and population density, diversity of land uses, and concentration of bike share
stations.
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Under the terms of this agreement, the remaining Peninsula cities, including Palo Alto may
choose to continue, expand and continue, or discontinue participation in Motivate’s Bay Area
Bike Share system. Continuing or expanding the current system includes both capital and
ongoing costs. Both of which could be completely or partially offset with advertising and/or
increased use based on the terms of the agreement.
As the end of the initial pilot period drew near, Palo Alto, Redwood City and Mountain View
partnered with SamTrans to conduct a study of the various options for bike share in the
Peninsula moving forward. A common desire among all cities is to expand the number of bikes
available and increase the number of destinations accessible to users of the system to
complement transit as an alternative to driving. However, the various alternatives have
differing financial and logistal challenges.
Background
Bay Area Bike Share Program Pilot
The existing Bay Area Bike Share (BABS) pilot program is a 70-station/700-bicycle/1,236-
dock fixed-station regional bicycle sharing system operating in the cities of San Francisco,
Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa
Clara Counties.
The five-city pilot program was established using federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality and
local Transportation Funds for Clean Air resources totalling $4.29 million. The five city pilot
program launced in 2013 under the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
administering the program with an intergovernmental agreement between the Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans), San Mateo
County, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA). The Air District owns
the equipment and the intergovernmetnal agreement outlines the decision-making process for
decisions affecting the system.
One of the primary and unique goals of the pilot system was to provide a “last mile” connection
for transit riders arriving and departing from the Caltrain stations within the service area.
Despite the many agencies, the system has universal branding, fee structure, and payment
system which allows users to access the system in multiple cities with one membership.
Since implementation, results of system data analysis reveal !S’s strongest performing city is
San Francisco, followed by Mountain View, San Jose, Palo Alto, and Redwood City. While the
urban form of San Francisco is signficantly different than the other cities, evaluation of
performance data from the Bay Area Bike Share-Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan show a
combination of factors positively correlate with greater bike share trip counts within smaller
systems, such as the Peninsula locations, including: number and of bike share stations, service
area, and to a lesser degree land use diversity and bike share station concentraion. The table
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below shows the breakdown of bikes and use by city. A key performance metrc used to
evaluate bike share systems is the number of trips per bike per day.
City System Statistics Ridership Trips / Bike /
Day
Stations Docks Bikes Trips Percent
San Francisco 35 665 350 321,108 90.7% 2.51
Redwood City 7 115 70 2,007 0.6% 0.08
Palo Alto 5 75 50 3,093 0.9% 0.17
Mountain View 7 117 70 9,989 2.8% 0.39
San Jose 16 264 160 17,956 5.1% 0.31
Total 70 1,236 700 326,915 100% 1.39
Ridership Statistics for Bay Area Bike Share (September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015) Source: Bay Area Bike Share-Peninsula
Communities Strategic Plan
In response to performance data and projections, Motivate, the current BABS operator and the
Metropolitain Transportation Commission (MTC) agreed to expand the existing system to 7,000
bikes within San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose without public funding. As part of
this agreement, the Peninsula cities, including Palo Alto, that participated in the pilot program,
may continue the bike share program but must pay a monthly premium to retain the current
number of bikes and pay capital and operations costs for system expansion. The costs to
continue or expand the existing system are included in Attachment A. If the Peninsula cities
elect not to continue to participate in Bay Area Bike Share, the pilot will come to an end on June
30, 2016 and Motivate will remove the five existing stations within Palo Alto during the first
week of July. The pilot program has already been extended through agreement from December
31, 2015 to June 30, 2016. Motivate has requested official notification from the Peninsula cities
by May 31, 2016.
Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan
In October 2015, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission released funding to SamTrans to
help Redwood City, Palo Alto, and Mountain View make a decision on how to move forward
with bike share after the end of the Bay Area Bike Share pilot on June 30, 2016. This plan,
scheduled for completion in May 2016, provides background information including a summary
of how the pilot program performed in the Peninsula cities, an overview of travel behaviors to,
from, and within the peninsula, an analysis of the ideal system size and form in each
community, and a summary of the Motivate pricing proposal and how that compares to the
capital and operating costs of other equipment providers and operators. The first three
deliverables from the study are attached as Attachments B, C and D. By analyzing successful
bike sharing systems in suburban communities similar to Palo Alto, the consultant identified the
characteristics of these systems and mapped the high-demand areas within the City of Palo
Alto. Based on this geographic modeling, and a qualitative assessment of trip generators, the
ideal bike share system size for Palo Alto was estimated to be 35 stations. These stations would
be concentrated in the downtown core, California Avenue business district, Stanford Medical
Center, and Stanford Research Park, with the remainder dispersed at major attractions and
public facilities throughout the city.
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City of San Mateo Pilot Bike Share System
In November 2015, the San Mateo City Council approved a contract in the amount of $85,000
to purchase 40 Social Bicycles smart bikes for a pilot bicycle share system. The council staff
report is included as Attachment E and the purchase contract is included as Attachment F. The
council also approved a service contract with Bikes Make Life Better, Inc. to operate and
maintain a 50-bike smart bike system for $90,000 per year. This contract is included as
Attachment G. San Mateo was approached by an alternative bike share provider, Social Bicycles
(SoBi), to implement a 50-bike pilot bike share program within San Mateo. SoBi operates bike
share programs within several North American cities, including Long Beach, Phoenix, Santa
Monica, San Ramon, Tampa, and Hamilton, Ontario, and is in the process of launching a new
system in Portland, Oregon. The City of Santa Monica went through an extensive procurement
process to select SoBi, and, based on this, the City of San Mateo staff recommended a sole-
source award of the bike share system to SoBi, which was approved by that city council. San
Mateo’s municipal code permits this type of sole source award if staff believes that a new
request for proposals will not result in a more favorable proposal.
On March 7, 2016, staff submitted an application to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority for funding through the Transportation Fund for Clean Air - Program Manager Funds.
The City requested $171,429 in capital funds, with the assumption that the City would identify
$911,428 in local funding over the five-year project period. This would enable the City to add
three new stations and 30 new bicycles to the existing BABS system. It is also assumed that the
City would be able to add five additional privately-funded stations. The application is included
as Attachment H. Letters of support were received from both the Stanford Medical Center and
Stanford Research Park. The letters are included as Attachments I and J.
MTC Bike Share Capital Program
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) set aside up to $4.5 million for a Bike
Share Capital Program in Bay Area communities outside of the BABS expansion area at its May
2015 meeting. The Bike Share Capital Program will award grants over two phases, with the
timing of the second phase to be determined following Phase 1. The funding is a one-time
funding source to help project sponsors with capital purchase and initial implementation costs
and will not be an on-going grant program. It will also not fund operations due to constraints on
the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds committed to the program. A
memo from MTC outlining the draft program guidelines is included as Attachment K.
Discussion
With the initial BAAQMD pilot program concluding on June 30, 2016, staff has been considering the
following options for the city’s bike share system. Under all expansion alternatives, bike share station
locations, number of bikes, and costs would be informed by recommendations in the Bay Area Bike
Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan.
1. Continue and modestly expand existing BABS system with eight new stations
2. Implement small new smart bike system with ten hubs
3. Continue and agressively expand existing BABS system with 29 new stations
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4. Implement large new smart bike system with 35 hubs
Under options two and four, the Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan
assumes the new equipment vendor would be Social Bicycles as a means to limit complications
and confusion from introducing a third vendor to the region. Social Bicycles through Bikes Make
Life etter, Inc. is the current equipment vendor for the ity of San Mateo’s pilot bike share
system and other cities could potentially add on to the Bikes Make Life Better/Social Bicycles
agreement. Based on data from the Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic
Plan, system expansion with more bikes and stations within a smaller system in a suburban
setting is projected to result in increased performance.
Costs
Capital and net operating costs were calculated for each of the scenarios and the following
table shows a breakdown of capital (including installation) costs, operating costs, estimates of
potential user revenues (from membership and overage fees), and net operating costs for each
city and for the collective program.
Capital and operating costs are generally well-known and are outlined in the table footnotes.
User revenues are more difficult to calculate are a combination of annual and casual
membership sales and usage fees. Annual and casual membership sales are calculated as the
number of annual or casual members (assumed to grow from existing membership levels in
proportion to the number of stations in the system) multiplied by the cost of an annual or
casual membership ($88 or $9 respectively). Usage fees are calculated first by estimating the
number of annual trips from the equations included in Attachment B (and assuming a station
density of eight stations per square mile). Trips are then broken down into annual and casual
member trips based on existing ratios in each city. Annual member trips are multiplied by the
average overage fee recouped per annual member trip for the pilot program of $0.12 per trip.
Casual user trips are multiplied by the average overage fee recouped per casual user trip for the
pilot program of $8.79 per trip.
STATUS QUO
Existing system,
current vendor
OPTION 1
Minor expansion,
current vendor
(no gap in
service)
OPTION 2
Minor expansion,
new vendors
OPTION 3
Major expansion,
current vendor
OPTION 4
Major expansion,
new vendors
CAPITAL Motivate Motivate Social Bicycles Motivate Social Bicycles
Capital Cost
Number of
stations
$0
Five existing stations,
no new stations
$415,000
Five existing stations,
one used station
from RWC, seven
new stations
$400,000
Ten new hubs
$1,785,000
Five existing stations,
29 new stations
$1,075,000
35 new hubs
Total Capital
Cost $0 $595,000 $885,000 $5,115,000 $3,225,000
OPERATIONS Motivate Motivate New Operator Motivate New Operator
Operations
(Revenue)
Net Cost
$101,000
$335,000
($115,000)
$220,000
$290,000
($115,000)
$175,000
$900,000
($565,000)
$335,000
$735,000
($565,000)
$170,000
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Total Five-
year Cost to
City
$505,000 $1,695,000 $1,760,000 $6,790,000 $4,075,000
TFCA Funding
(Application
Pending)
$0 $171,429* $0 $171,429* $0
Regionwide
MTC Funding
($4.5M in
FY2017)
$0 $0 $500,000* $500,000* $500,000*
*Funding not secured. City of Palo Alto must compete regionally for these funding programs.
Policy Implications
Development of an expanded bike share system is consistent with the following Comprehensive
Plan and Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan goals, policies and projects:
Comprehensive Plan:
Goal T-1: Less Reliance on Single-Occupant Vehicles
Policy T-3: Support the development and expansion of comprehensive, effective
programs to reduce auto use at both local and regional levels.
Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan:
PR-5 Bike Share Program
Environmental Review
This is a study action and exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act.
Attachments:
Attachment A: BABS Motivate Expansion Proposal Term Sheet (PDF)
Attachment B: BABS Toole Peninsula Cities Plan Deliverable 1 (PDF)
Attachment C: BABS Toole Peninsula Cities Plan Deliverable 2 Draft (PDF)
Attachment D: BABS Toole Peninsula Cities Plan Deliverable 3 Draft (PDF)
Attachment E: San Mateo Council Administrative Report (PDF)
Attachment F: San Mateo-SoBi Purchase Contract (PDF)
Attachment G: San Mateo-BMLB Service Agreement (PDF)
Attachment H: Palo Alto TFCA Application (PDF)
Attachment I: Stanford MC TFCA Support Letter (PDF)
Attachment J: Stanford RP TFCA Support Letter (PDF)
Attachment K: MTC Bike Share Capital Memo (PDF)
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Attachment B -
TO: Administration Committee DATE: May 6, 2015
FR: Executive Director
RE: Bike Share Expansion Proposal: Motivate International, Inc.
Background
At your meeting on April 8, 2015, staff presented a bike share expansion proposal from Motivate
International, Inc. (Motivate) which, if approved, would provide 7,000 bikes in Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose by 2017 at no cost to the taxpayer. While the Committee voted to refer the item to the full Commission in May, staff was directed to report
back to this Committee on several issues, including funding alternatives for pilot cities on the
Peninsula and other potential expansions of the bike share program.
During the robust Committee discussion, there was concern expressed about what options may be available to new communities that become interested in bike share in the future. A similar
concern was raised by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s (BAAQMD) Mobile
Source Committee, which voted to support the transfer of the pilot program and assets to MTC
with a request that $4.5 million in funding be set aside to expand bike share to emerging communities beyond the five cities included in the Motivate proposal. This Committee also asked for more detail in the following areas: (1) how the proposal would ensure compliance with
the American with Disabilities Act; (2) substantiation of the sole source justification; and (3)
options and timing for investing the more than $16 million in federal and state funds that would
not be needed to expand bike share should the Commission authorize a contract with Motivate.
Staff is therefore submitting this report as an informational item for Committee review in
advance of consideration of approval to enter into an agreement with Motivate at the May
Commission meeting.
National and International Comparison on Bike Share Before providing responses to the issue areas, staff wanted to provide some additional helpful
context about successful bike sharing in this country and abroad in hopes of putting a finer point
on why Motivate chose to focus on five cities. A 2013 study of fourteen U.S. and international
bike share systems shows positive correlation between population density and bike share usage. The chart below displays the average trips per bike per day for cities that have fewer than 5,000
people per square mile, between 5,000 and 15,000 people per square mile, and more than 15,000
people per square mile. For comparison, San Francisco has more than 15,000 people per square
mile, and the other four proposed cities each have more than 5,000 people per square mile. The
average population density for the entire Bay Area is a little more than 1,000 people per square mile.
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The following chart compares the five pilot cities to other U.S. and international systems in
terms of trips per bike per day:
Proposal to Continue Bike Share in Pilot Cities
In response to Commissioner feedback and subsequent meetings with staff of the pilot cities, Motivate has offered terms regarding pricing, discounts, and sponsorship for Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Redwood City. Please note that the City of San Mateo has decided not to pursue
bike share along these terms at this time. San Mateo officials instead requested consideration to
redirect some of the $1.3 million in funding capacity that would have gone into bike share in
their community to other elements of their bike and pedestrian program.
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The three remaining pilot cities would not be required to purchase new equipment, but would
instead pay a monthly premium to cover the cost of retrofitting the existing pilot bikes and
stations. If a city wants to expand, new equipment is priced to match the pilot program prices, plus 10%. Ongoing operations and maintenance for new equipment would cost $100 per dock
per month. The table below shows the proposed costs for these three cities.
City Bikes Docks Cost per dock
per month Annual cost
Mountain View 54 117 $112.50 $158,000
Palo Alto 37 75 $112.50 $101,000
Redwood City 52 117 $112.50 $158,000
Total 143 309 $112.50 $417,000
If these cities reach agreements with Motivate, there are two primary ways to offset or reduce ongoing operating costs. First, cities will be able to offer recognition for local sponsors on one ad
panel at each station, which has been shown to cover approximately half of a station’s annual
cost. Second, cities would receive discounts for achieving the ridership levels shown below.
Therefore, if a pilot city can attract a sponsor and maintain an average ridership of 1.5 trips per
bike per day, it is likely that there would be no public funds required to continue the bike share program.
Trips per bike per day Discount
1.0 25%
1.5 50%
3.0 100%
The cities have requested up to one year to explore sponsorship options as well as continue to refine service locations to see if they can improve system use before making a decision about
whether to continue bike share at the costs noted above. Motivate has agreed to operate the
current equipment in these cities through December 31 at no cost, and MTC staff proposes to
subsidize the cities through June 30, 2016 for approximately $200,000. Cities wishing to
continue must notify Motivate by May 31; for cities that decide not to continue by this time, Motivate will plan to relocate the equipment in July 2016.
Terms for Other Interested Bay Area Communities
Motivate has established similar terms for any Bay Area community that would like to join the
system after the 7,000-bike expansion is completed. The capital cost for new bikes is the same as for the pilot cities. For a typical configuration, full capital costs are approximately $5,600/bike,
plus $4,000 per new station for installation activities. For example, five stations with 50 bikes
would cost approximately $300,000. Ongoing operations and maintenance would cost $130 per
dock per month, or just over $150,000 annually in the five station example. The discount levels
described above are available for all Bay Area cities based on ridership, and all cities will be able to capitalize on local sponsorship. In addition, and as described more below under funding, staff
is proposing to set aside $4.5 million in funding for capital expenses associated with emerging
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communities interested in bike share. This would follow the installation of the 7,000-bike
proposed expansion and would be conditioned on communities covering the ongoing annual operating costs through local funds, sponsorship, ridership discounts, or a combination thereof.
Compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
The term sheet has been revised to reflect how Motivate will comply with ADA requirements,
including for both physical components of the system and the system website. The website and mobile app will utilize adaptive design and will be accessible and usable on desktop computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Ecommerce functionality will comply with Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Station positioning protocol and individual station components will
also comply with ADA requirements.
Sole Source Substantiation To expand on the April discussion of the compelling business reasons for entering into a sole
source with Motivate, staff is quantifying the monetary savings for the Bay Area of this approach
in the table below, which assumes 80% farebox recovery and no advertising or sponsorship
revenue.
Bike Share Cost Element Estimated Annual Expenses 10-Year Value (2015 dollars, 3% discount rate)
Capital cost for 6,300 expansion
bikes / roughly 630 station sites
-$37.6 million
Annual operating and maintenance
Cost above 80% farebox recovery
$3.2 million $21.4 million
Staff oversight, marketing and
contract management
$1.0 million $6.7 million
Total $4.2 million $65.7 million
In addition to the approximately $65 million value of the sole source contract for no public
investment over the 10 year time period, the Motivate proposal also offers the opportunity to
launch the robust 7,000 bike system quickly within 2.5 years, thereby attracting stronger usage
earlier, in line with the Bay Area’s aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets. A pay-as-you go model at the level of investment to-date would likely require five or more years to complete.
Funding
As described at the April Administration Committee meeting, fully private funding means that
public funds originally intended for bikes and stations can instead be reprogrammed. The $19.1 million that the Commission approved from 2012 to 2014 for the pilot and the continuation and expansion of Bay Area Bike Share includes both federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement (CMAQ) and state Active Transportation Program (ATP) funds as summarized in
the table below.
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Program Fund Source Unreimbursed Amount ($ in millions)
STP/CMAQ Cycle 1: Pilot CMAQ $2.7
STP/CMAQ Cycle 1: Expansion CMAQ $2.7
STP/CMAQ Cycle 2 (OBAG):
Expansion
CMAQ $6.0
Regional ATP Cycle 1: Expansion ATP $7.7
Total $19.1
The ATP funds have strict timely use of funds as well as competitive process selection requirements. Therefore, to avoid loss of those funds and in line with the last month’s discussion at the Programming and Allocations Committee meeting, staff recommends that $7.7 million be
allocated to ready-to-go contingency ATP projects. Additional detail is included in agenda item
4a on today’s Programming and Allocations Committee agenda.
Staff further recommends directing $4.5 million to address the concerns raised by several Commissioners as well as the BAAQMD Mobile Source Committee members (this may require
a funding exchange given the sole source nature of the agreement with Motivate and federal
rules). These funds would be set-aside for capital costs associated with bike share expansion in
emerging communities. Staff would conduct a call for projects to solicit interest from communities in a timeframe to allow expansion to begin following installation of the 7,000-bike
expansion. This funding level would support acquisition of an additional 750 bikes, roughly the
size of the current pilot, in emerging communities.
In addition, staff is recommending that $0.5 million in CMAQ be provided to the city of San Mateo to advance its bicycle and pedestrian program. Staff is proposing that the remaining $6.4
million be subject to the broader discussion of priorities for OBAG2 as the Commission
considers a draft framework next month at the Programming and Allocations Committee
meeting.
Other Clarifications Further, based on questions by Commissioners and city staff, the term sheet has been revised to
clarify the following areas:
Exclusivity: Motivate has clarified the terms attached to this report to show that the proposed exclusivity provision only applies to public right-of-way in Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland,
San Francisco, and San Jose. Moreover, the exclusivity provision does not apply to an
existing pilot electric bike share program, facilitated by City CarShare and planned for
Berkeley and San Francisco. The approximately 90 electric bikes at 25 planned stations will be available only to members of City CarShare.
System Size: Motivate has agreed to maintain a 2:1 dock-to-bicycle ratio in Mountain View,
Palo Alto, and Redwood City during the extended grace period and continuing forward if
those cities decide to continue with their current systems. Under current station
configurations, a 2:1 ratio represents 155 bikes across these three cities. This adds 55 bikes to the original proposal for a total of up to 7,055 bikes across eight cities. If fewer than all three
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Attachment A
Motivate-MTC Proposed Term Sheet
This term sheet is intended to be used to facilitate discussions between the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (“MTC”) and Motivate International Inc. (“Motivate”) in order to
develop a contract for the acquisition, launch and operation of a bike share system in the Bay
Area.
Contract Topic Contract Terms
Equipment Ownership If required by the FHWA, Motivate will be obligated to purchase
the equipment initially acquired with federal funds according to the terms of the FHWA agreement.
As currently outlined in the FHWA agreement, any item with a
current per-unit FMV of less than $5,000 will be transferred to
Motivate at no cost. For items with a current per-unit FMV of more
than $5,000, the purchase price will be based on the share of federal funding for the project multiplied by the equipment’s FMV, as
established by past sales of comparable equipment.
System Size 7,000-7,055 bikes total
4,500 in SF
1,000 in San Jose
1,400 in East Bay (850 in Oakland, 100 in Emeryville, 400 in Berkeley, 50 TBD based on additional system planning
analysis)
Between 100 and 155 to be determined: -If Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Redwood City all decide to agree with Motivate and continue bike share,
Motivate will provide 155 bikes among the three cities.
-If one or two of the three pilot cities listed above decide
to continue bike share, Motivate will provide enough bikes to maintain a 2:1 dock to bike ratio with the docks currently stationed in each city. If this is less than 100
bikes, Motivate will deliver enough bikes to another city
to reach a program total of at least 7,000.
-If none of the three pilot cities listed above decides to continue bike share, 100 bikes to be determined among SF, San Jose, and the East Bay.
Launch Dates Sites representing 25% of the total bikes for San Jose, East Bay
and San Francisco should be approved and permitted by December 30, 2015. Motivate will install these bikes by June 1, 2016.
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Contract Topic Contract Terms
Launch Dates Sites representing an additional 15% of bikes for San Jose, East
(continued) Bay and SF should be approved and permitted by April 30, 2016. Motivate will install these bikes by October 1, 2016.
Sites representing the remaining 60% of bikes for the East Bay
should be approved and permitted by July 30, 2016. Motivate will
install these bikes by January 1, 2017.
Sites representing an additional 30% of bikes for San Jose and SF should be approved and permitted by November 30, 2016. Motivate will install these bikes by April 1, 2017.
Sites for the remaining bikes in San Jose and SF should be
approved and permitted by May 31, 2017. The remainder of bikes
shall be installed no later than November1, 2017.
Delays in receiving permitted and approved sites by specified dates will result in extension of the installation dates in an amount
equal to the delay.
The above dates are based on completion of the contract with the
MTC by July 31, 2015. If Motivate is negotiating in good faith and the contract signing occurs after July 31, 2015, the above dates will be extended by a duration equal to the difference
between the contract signing date and July 31, 2015.
Term 10 year term, reduced to 5 years if Motivate does not achieve the
aggregate bike target numbers described above (includes provisions
for force majeure and siting issues) or if Motivate is in persistent
and material breach of its contractual obligations as of the time
renewal is considered in the fourth year.
The contract may be extended for two additional five-year terms
upon mutual agreement of the MTC and Motivate. If Motivate is in
substantial compliance with the terms of the contract, MTC will
engage in good faith negotiations to renew the contract on
substantially equivalent terms one year prior to the expiration of the current term.
MTC will provide notification of non-renewal no later than six
months prior to the end of the term. If neither party provides no
notice of non-renewal by six months, the contract should be
extended for five years on the same terms.
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Contract Topic Contract Terms
Exclusivity During the Term of this Agreement, Motivate shall have the
exclusive right to operate a bike sharing program that utilizes
public property and public right of way anywhere within San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose and Emeryville.
The exclusivity provision does not apply to an existing pilot electric
bike share program, facilitated by City CarShare and planned for
Berkeley and San Francisco. The approximately 90 electric bikes at
25 planned stations will be available only to members of City CarShare.
System Buy-In San Jose, San Francisco, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland may contribute public funding for additional bikes and stations that are
interoperable with the existing system. Costs to cities for
purchasing, installing and operating the equipment is as follows:
Capital Equipment: Aggregate pricing for bike share
solution as specified in the Air District contract + 10%. Adjusted annually by the producer price index.
Installation: $4,000 per station, including site planning and
drawings, growing at CPI.
Operations and maintenance of the equipment: $100 per
dock per month, growing at CPI
Motivate is obligated to maintain equipment purchased by
the cities in a state-of-good repair throughout the term. At
the end of the term, Motivate shall return the equipment to
the city in good working order acknowledging that there is
expected to be normal wear and tear from use.
San Mateo and existing pilot cities other than San Francisco and
San Jose that want to continue and/or expand existing system
operations after the expiration of the BAAQMD contract can
develop a new service agreement with Motivate using their own
sources of funds. Costs to cities for purchasing, installing and operating the equipment is as follows:
Existing equipment upgrade cost: $12.50 per dock per
month, growing at PPI.
New capital equipment: Aggregate pricing for bike share
solution as specified in the Air District contract + 10%. Adjusted annually by the producer price index.
Installation of new equipment: $4,000 per station, including
site planning and drawings, growing at CPI
Operations and maintenance of the equipment: $100 per dock per month, growing at CPI.
Attachment A Page 4
Contract Topic Contract Terms
System Buy-In
(continued)
-Price is reduced to $75 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if an
average of 1 ride per bike per day citywide occurs for a 12 month period -Price is reduced to $50 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if an
average of 1.5 rides per bike per day citywide occurs for
a 12 month period -Price is reduced to $0 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if an average of 3 rides per bike per day citywide occurs for a 12 month period
Motivate is obligated to maintain equipment purchased by
the cities in a state-of-good repair throughout the term. At the end of the term, Motivate shall return the equipment to the city in good working order, acknowledging that there is
expected to be normal wear and tear from use.
Cities are able to raise sponsorship to offset the costs of
purchasing and operating the bike share system in their locality. Local sponsorship packages may include recognition of the sponsor on one side of one ad panel on
the station. System naming rights, bike branding, and other
branding of physical assets will be determined by Motivate
in conjunction with title sponsor and in compliance with local advertising regulations. Local sponsors cannot be in the same category as the title sponsor, unless approved by
Motivate.
Motivate will operate the current configurations of stations
and docks, following the expiration of the BAAQMD contract, with enough bikes to provide a 2:1 ratio of bikes to docks, at no cost until December 31, 2015.
MTC will pay $100 per dock per month to Motivate from
January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016 to maintain
operations in the pilot cities.
Cities must decide whether or not to continue and/or expand bike share by May 31, 2016. Motivate will begin relocating
equipment in cities that decide not to continue in July 2016.
Subsequent to deployment of 7,000 bikes within San Francisco,
San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville, other cities in the
MTC region that want to participate in the regional bike share system can develop a service agreement with Motivate using their
own sources of funds. Costs to cities for purchasing, installing and
operating the equipment is as follows:
Attachment A Page 5
Contract Topic Contract Terms
System Buy-In
(continued) New capital Equipment: Aggregate pricing for bike share
solution as specified in the Air District contract + 10%.
Adjusted annually by the producer price index.
Installation: $4,000 per station, including site planning and
drawings, growing at CPI
Operations and maintenance of the equipment: $130 per
dock per month, growing at CPI. -Price is reduced to $97.50 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if
an average of 1 ride per bike per day citywide occurs for
a 12 month period
-Price is reduced to $65 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if an
average of 1.5 rides per bike per day citywide occurs for a 12 month period
-Price is reduced to $0 per dock, adjusted by CPI, if an
average of 3 rides per bike per day citywide occurs for a
12 month period
Motivate is obligated to maintain equipment purchased by
the cities in a state-of-good repair throughout the term. At
the end of the term, Motivate shall return the equipment to
the city in good working order, acknowledging that there is
expected to be normal wear and tear from use.
Cities are able to raise sponsorship to offset the costs of
purchasing and operating the bike share system in their
locality. Local sponsorship packages may include
recognition of the sponsor on one side of one ad panel on
the station. System naming rights, bike branding, and other branding of physical assets will be determined by Motivate
in conjunction with title sponsor and in compliance with
local advertising regulations. Local sponsors cannot be in
the same category as the title sponsor, unless approved by
Motivate.
In addition, Motivate has the right to contract with private entities
that want to provide funding for stations and bikes that are situated
on privately-owned property.
Pricing $149 annual pass that can be increased no more than CPI + 2%
annually.
Annual pass can be paid in 12-monthly installments of no more
than $15.00
All other pricing can be set at Motivate’s discretion.
Motivate will offer a discounted pass set at 40% of the annual
price. The discount will be available to customers who are eligible
and enrolled in Bay Area utility lifeline programs. If participation
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Contract Topic Contract Terms
Pricing (continued) in the discounted program is below expectations, Motivate and
MTC may mutually agree on other eligibility criteria so long as the eligibility is determined by a third-party.
Revenue Share User Revenue: 5% of user revenue above $18,000,000 earned by
Motivate (in accordance with GAAP) in any year will be paid to MTC. Amounts owed will be paid within 120 days of the end of the
calendar year.
Sponsorship Revenue: 5% of sponsorship revenue in excess of
$7,000,000 earned by Motivate (in accordance with GAAP) in any
year will be paid to MTC. Amounts owed under the sponsorship revenue share agreement in years 1-5 will be deferred and paid in
equal installments in years 6-10. For years 6-10, amounts owed
under the sponsorship revenue share agreement will be paid within
120 days of the end of the calendar year.
The revenue share hurdle will be adjusted for CPI starting in year 2.
Brand Development and
Sponsorship
Motivate is responsible for identifying sponsors and developing
system name, color, logo and placement of system assets. MTC, in consultation with the cities, will have approval rights over title
sponsorship and branding.
Motivate will abide by cities’ existing guidelines and
restrictions with regards to outdoor advertising. Motivate
will not choose sponsors that are in age-restricted categories (alcohol, tobacco or firearms), products banned
by the local government, or deemed offensive to the
general public. Rejection of proposed sponsors by
municipalities are limited to the grounds above.
Advertising Motivate will have the right to sell advertising on physical and
digital assets. Advertising on physical assets are subject to local
restrictions on outdoor advertising.
Siting Motivate to develop site locations, which will be prioritized based
on demand. Motivate will also use city analyses and
recommendations already developed where possible.
If a city does not approve a proposed site location, they must provide an alternative within one-block.
Motivate to provide a 20% minimum placement in communities of
concern system-wide. Participating cities may designate other areas
for 20% minimum placement instead of communities of concern.
Attachment A Page 7
Contract Topic Contract Terms
Siting (continued) Motivate will work together with cities on community engagement
and outreach as part of the station siting process, including
necessary business associations and city meetings.
Motivate can relocate or resize underperforming stations while maintaining minimum placements in communities of concern.
Motivate will hire planning and engineering firms to minimize the
cities’ costs and resources related to planning. Motivate will discuss
staff time requirements with each city and determine ways to
reduce demands on staff. If staff time exceeds estimates due to errors or omissions or by Motivate or its contractors, Motivate will
reimburse cities for reasonable and documented direct staff time
related to these issues.
Cities to provide estimates on costs of permits within seven days of
signing term sheet. If costs of permits are significant, Motivate will seek a waiver on permit costs given the public benefits of the
project. If Motivate and Cities cannot reach agreement on a waiver,
Motivate may consider reimbursing actual direct costs incurred by
the city to provide the permit (e.g, a field visit by an inspector).
Security Fund Motivate will provide $250,000 into a Security Fund account
controlled by MTC prior to the installation of the first new station.
The Security Fund shall serve as security for the faithful performance by Motivate of all obligations under the contract.
MTC may make withdrawals from the Security Fund of such
amounts as necessary to satisfy (to the degree possible) Motivate’s
obligations under this Agreement that are not otherwise satisfied
and to reimburse the MTC or cities for costs, losses or damages incurred as the result of Motivate’s failure to satisfy its obligations.
MTC shall not make any withdrawals by reason of any breach for
which Motivate has not been given notice and an opportunity to
cure in accordance with the Agreement.
If funds are withdrawn from the Security Fund, Motivate will be required to replenish the Security Fund to an amount equal to
$250,000 on a quarterly basis.
Interest in account accrues to Motivate.
90 days after the end of the term, any remaining funds will be
returned to Motivate.
Attachment A Page 8
Contract Topic Contract Terms
Liability Motivate shall defend, indemnify and hold MTC and its officers
and employees harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, etc. Similar indemnities for cities.
Default Termination and default clauses include the option to require
Motivate to remove equipment, assign or transfer equipment and IP to a third party. IP assignment is limited to the extent needed for a
third-party to maintain and operate the system.
Data All data owned by Motivate. Cities granted a non-exclusive, royalty
free, perpetual license to use all non-personal data.
Monthly Reports shall be provided for each of the above KPIs and
other system data, to be determined.
Responsibilities of Brand development, station siting, design, permitting, purchase of
Motivate equipment and software, installation of bikes and stations, station
relocation, equipment replacement, bike share safety training,
monthly operating meetings with MTC and cities, marketing, sales and sponsorship, operations and maintenance of system including
customer service.
Station relocation by public agencies will require reimbursement of
costs incurred by Motivate. However, if a newly installed station is
found to be unsuitable by a city for its location, the city may request within 30 days of installation the relocation of a station at
Motivate’s cost. The number of available free station moves is
equal to 10% of the installed station base less any prior moves. For
example, if a city has 100 stations installed, they have a total of 10 free station moves less any free station moves used to date. If the system grows to 200 stations, they then have 20 station moves less
any station moves used to date.
Site Design and Planning Motivate will hire a planning and engineering firm with experience in the specific locality to do surveying, site design and permit
submission. Motivate will solicit input from each city to help
determine its planning and engineering partners.
Motivate will hire a community relations firm to assist with organizing and hosting community meetings and to conduct outreach to local residents and businesses.
Motivate will use commercially reasonable efforts to subcontract
the work to DBEs where possible.
Each municipality should provide a point of contact to coordinate the community engagement efforts and the permitting process.
Attachment A Page 9
Contract Topic Contract Terms
Marketing MTC, in consultation with the cities, has final approval of
marketing plans and activities.
MTC, in consultation with the cities has approval over marketing
and outreach plans for low-income communities, non-native English speaking populations, and disadvantaged communities.
Motivate must do outreach and marketing in Spanish, Chinese and
Vietnamese. MTC retains the ability to conduct outreach and
program support in low-income and Limited English Proficiency
neighborhoods.
Motivate’s other marketing activities must comply with MTC and
local standards for decency and not offend the general public.
Motivate will not advertise or promote any products in prohibited
categories (tobacco, alcohol, etc.).
Parking Meter Revenue Motivate must make best effort to avoid taking metered parking
spaces. If a city requires reimbursement of lost parking meter
revenue for a given site, the city must also provide an alternative site location within one city block that is not sited in metered
parking areas. Motivate can choose to locate in either site.
KPIs Key Performance Indicators:
1. Rebalancing: no station will remain full or empty for more
than 3 consecutive hours between 6AM and 10PM.
2. Bicycle Availability: the number of bikes available for rent
on an average, monthly basis shall be at least 90% of all bikes in service. 3. Station Deactivation, Removal, Relocation, and
Reinstallation: as notified by MTC, perform the necessary
action within the number of days in the established schedule
for each task. 4. Station/Bike Maintenance, Inspection & Cleaning: check each bike and station at least once per month and resolve
each issue within a given time frame.
5. Program, Website, and Call Center Functionality: the
system, website, and call center shall each be operational and responsive 24/7, 365 days a year.
Liquidated damages related to KPIs may not exceed 4% of annual
user revenue for the year.
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Contract Topic Contract Terms
Transition of Project Subject to Air District Board approval, BAAQMD, MTC and
from Bay Air Quality Motivate will cooperatively develop a plan to effectuate the transfer Management District of the project from the BAAQMD to MTC. The plan will provide (BAAQMD) to MTC for the implementation of new pricing, the continuation of existing
memberships, the transfer of system data, the transfer of assets, and
any other provision to ensure a seamless transfer and provide
Motivate with the ability to operate the system under the MTC contract.
Resolution of Terms with
BAAQMD
Resolution includes:
Motivate will settle all outstanding claims with the Air District for the amount of $150,000.
Air District agrees to release funds withheld for billed
expenses and to pay all legitimate past and documented unbilled expenses totaling $582,872 less the $150,000 settlement amount.
On a go-forward basis, Motivate will be paid for all eligible
reimbursable costs per month to the maximum amount of
one twelfth of the Annual Operations Fee, or $136,638.67 per month. Cost caps within categories will not be relevant.
This agreement will resolve prior SLA claims and any other
prior potential claims that could be asserted through the date
of Settlement
Americans with In implementing and operating the bicycle sharing system,
Disability Act (ADA) Motivate shall comply with all applicable requirements of the
Provisions Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and all other applicable federal, state and local requirements relating to accessibility for persons with disabilities,
including any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. Such
compliance shall extend to the location and design of system
equipment and related facilities as well as the system website and
any mobile application for the system.
Mayor Jeff Gee City Hall
Vice Mayor Rosanne Foust 1017 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94063 Council Members Voice (650) 780-7220 Alicia Aguirre Fax (650) 261-9102 Ian Bain mail@redwoodcity.org
Diane Howard www.redwoodcity.org Barbara Pierce John Seybert
April 24, 2015
Hon. Dave Cortese
Chair and MTC Commissioner Representing Santa Clara County
President, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
70 West Hedding Street
Tenth Floor – East Wing
San Jose, CA 95110
RE: Bay Area Bike Share Expansion Proposal: Motivate International, Inc.
Dear Mr. Cortese:
On April 2, 2015 the City of Redwood City (City) learned that the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission’s Administration Committee planned to discuss, at its April 8 meeting, a proposal
received from Motivate International, Inc. The proposal outlines Motivate’s recommendation to
expand the existing Bay Area Bike Share pilot system from 700 bicycles to 7,000 bicycles using no
public funds. Per the proposal, the current bike share pilot project cities of Redwood City, Palo Alto,
and Mountain View are excluded, but may “buy-in” at their own cost.
Redwood City and the cities between San Francisco and San Jose form critical links in the Bay Area’s
transportation networks, including the Bay Area Bike Share system. This is particularly true for
Peninsula cities along the Caltrain line, including the bike share pilot cities of Redwood City, Palo Alto,
and Mountain View. As with any transportation system, it’s important to provide access and
connections at both the beginning and end of the user’s trip (first and last mile).
Up and down the Peninsula, Redwood City and our neighbors to our north and south are bringing
significant transit-oriented developments to our city centers, collectively enabling thousands of new
residents and employees to connect to local and regional transit. For example, an additional 1,635
apartments are being constructed within a half mile of Redwood City’s Caltrain station. One third of
these units are completed, with the balance to be finished and occupied within one year.
Additionally, Box, Inc. is moving its corporate headquarters to Redwood City. The new office,
currently under construction and adjacent to Redwood City’s Caltrain station, will bring an additional
1,200 employees to downtown Redwood City later this year.
The timing of the Bay Area Bike Share pilot was a bit early for Redwood City given our downtown
development timeline, but nonetheless the City joined the team and dedicated significant staff time
to all phases of the pilot program, including planning, design, development, launch, and ongoing
operations. Throughout the 5-year pilot process our staff contributed input, ideas, and feedback to
support the program and help ensure its success, laying the groundwork for other cities to join the
post-pilot expansion throughout the Bay Area.
Given Redwood City’s considerable investment of resources, and in light of our downtown
development schedule (new construction to be completed in early 2016), we ask to remain a bike
share partner for one year beyond the end of the pilot program, at no “buy-in” cost to Redwood City.
This one-year period is needed to evaluate the options and considerations for moving ahead with the
sole-source agreement proposed by Motivate. Given Motivate’s post-pilot target launch date of June
2016 (initial expansion), this should not impact or overlap with the expansion.
The proposal being considered is a non-solicited sole-source (non-competitive) proposal received
from the current operator of the bike share pilot program. Many challenges, problems, and delays
were encountered throughout the design, development, launch, and operation phases of the pilot
program. Therefore, we additionally recommend and request that MTC staff coordinate with the
pilot partners and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to ensure that the contract terms
build from lessons learned during the pilot program, in order to:
• Protect the public interest and investment in the program to date
• Identify and address operational shortcomings experienced during the pilot
• Outline alternatives for cities who choose to buy into the system, e.g. allow those cities to use
sponsor revenue to subsidize local costs
We appreciate your attention to this matter and thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Gee, Mayor
City of Redwood City
C: City Council, Redwood City
Bob Bell, City Manager
MTC Commissioners
Steve Heminger, Executive Director, MTC
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 1017 Middlefield Road ENGINEERING & TRANSPORTATION P.O. Box 391 Redwood City, CA 94064
Telephone: 650.780.7380 Facsimile: 650.780.7309 www.redwoodcity.org
April 7, 2015
Steve Heminger (transmitted via email)
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607
Subject: MTC Administration Committee Agenda Item 4: Bike Share
Expansion Proposal: Motivate International, Inc.
Dear Mr. Heminger,
Motivate’s proposal to expand bike sharing could be an extraordinary opportunity
to establish bike share as a meaningful transit system for the Bay Area. We
share MTC’s enthusiasm and support moving ahead with negotiations to expand
the regional bike share program.
Because we only learned of Motivate’s proposal on April 2, 2015, we are unable
to provide detailed input at this time. However, we encourage MTC to address
the following points as you refine your term sheet and negotiate a contract with
Motivate:
Identify how the key performance indicators and contract terms reflect
lessons learned during the pilot program. The staff report includes
information on the system costs and number of trips taken, but it does not provide background on the performance of Motivate, previously Alta Bicycle Share, in terms of delivering the service.
Clarify what it means for Motivate to be the ‘exclusive supplier and
operator of bike share in the Bay Area.’ Smaller communities, corporate
campuses, universities or similar entities may find the cost to buy into this system to be cost-prohibitive, requiring them to pursue a different system
within their jurisdictions.
Determine how the current pilot cities (those not selected for the
expansion program) can preserve their public investment in the pilot.
Identify the cost and process for the current pilot cities to buy into the
system, keeping in mind:
o A considerable investment of staff resources have gone into
designing, developing, launching, and operating the pilot program and siting existing stations.
o Non-expansion, pilot cities wanting to continue service would have the existing equipment sold to Motivate, only to have to pay to have
the equipment put back.
o Smaller communities’ ability to subsidize capital and/or operating
costs could be compromised if Motivate has exclusive rights to sell advertising and is entitled to all sponsorship revenue.
o The cost to provide service and the revenues associated with it will
depend on usage.
Identify the process by which Bay Area Bike Share members who live or
use the system in Redwood City would be notified of its departure and when the system would be removed.
Although the current bike share system in Redwood City has not been used as
extensively as we would have liked, it is important that our ability to participate in
the system is preserved. Similarly, all Bay Area communities should be able to reap the benefits of bike sharing, where and when it may be appropriate – and
the contract terms should reflect this.
Thank you for your consideration and I look forward to continued communication
with your staff to ensure that we leverage our experience in the bike share pilot project to get the best possible bike share system for the Bay Area.
Sincerely,
Jessica Manzi, PE
Senior Transportation Coordinator
cc: Administrative Committee members Dr. Robert B. Bell, City Manager - Redwood City
Jeff Gee, Mayor - Redwood City
Alicia Aguirre, Redwood City Councilmember & MTC Commissioner
MEMORANDUM
Project: Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan
Subject: Deliverable 1 – Summary of Pilot Program and Option 1: Buying into the
Motivate Program
Date: December 28, 2015
To: Melissa Reggiardo, SamTrans
From: Sean Co and Adrian Witte, TDG
CC: Peninsula Bike Share Working Group
This memorandum is the first of a series of memoranda to help Redwood City, Palo Alto, and Mountain
View (referred to as “the peninsula cities”) make their decision on how to move forward with bike share.
It provides background information including a summary of how the pilot program performed in the
peninsula cities, an overview of travel behaviors to, from, and within the peninsula, an analysis of the
ideal system size and form in each community, and a summary of the Motivate pricing proposal and how
that compares to the capital and operating costs of other equipment providers and operators.
1. Program Background
The existing Bay Area Bike Share (BABS) pilot program is a 70 station / 700 bicycle / 1,236 dock bike
share system operating in the cities of San Francisco, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San
Jose in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties.
The pilot program was established using federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) and local
Transportation Funds for Clean Air (TFCA) funds administered by the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District (BAAQMD – “the Air District”). The Air District programmed $4.29 million that was used to
administer bike share through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) entered into with the San
Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), San Mateo County Transit (SamTrans), Redwood
City, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The Air District owns the
equipment and is the administrator and fiscal agent of the system and executes agreements with
vendors to carry out the program. The IGA outlines the decision making process for decisions affecting
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the system. For issues that are not decided through consensus, each voting member gets one vote with
the Air District retaining the authority to veto a decision as the ultimate provider of the system.
Currently not all IGA partners are voting members with SamTrans acting as the voting member for
Redwood City and the San Mateo County partners collectively.
Equipment and operations were procured through a single RFP process. Alta Bicycle Share was selected
as the operator of the system with a one‐year initial contract term plus four one‐year optional renewal
terms. As part of that contract, equipment was provided by the Public Bike Share Company (PBSC),
including the station hardware (i.e., technical platforms, docking points, kiosks, etc.), bikes, and the
software back‐end (that utilizes the vendor’s own software platform).
Motivate has purchased Alta Bicycle Share and now operates the program and provides equipment
through its own supply chain. Under the initial contract, which now applies to Motivate, the operator is
expected to meet certain performance standards and payment is based on actual expenses incurred up
to a maximum fee established in the contract plus a management fee of 10‐percent of the sum of labor
and direct costs. A new contract is being negotiated between MTC and Motivate for the new expanded
system moving forward.
2. Commuter Behavior
The following section provides an overview of commuter flows and mode splits to provide background
on existing travel patterns to, from, and within the peninsula cities.
Intercounty and Intercity Commute Flows
A review of intercounty commute flows obtained from the American Community Survey demonstrates
how residents move between counties on the peninsula (see Table 1). Based on data from 2009 to 2013,
San Mateo County residents (which includes Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo, and Redwood
City) have the highest intercounty commute rates with approximately 79,000 (or 23% of San Mateo
County workers) commuting north to San Francisco and approximately 53,000 (15% of San Mateo
County workers) commuting south to Santa Clara County (which includes Palo Alto, Mountain View, and
San Jose). Conversely, San Mateo County sees approximately 45,000 commuters come into the county
from both San Francisco and Santa Clara Counties. Fewer commuters make the longer distance trip
between San Francisco and Santa Clara counties with approximately 11,000 commuters travelling north
from Santa Clara County to San Francisco and 22,000 commuting in the opposite direction.
Table 1 County‐to‐County Commute Flows
San Francisco County San Mateo County Santa Clara County
San Francisco County 340,735 45,216 22,423
San Mateo County 78,720 211,700 52,988
Santa Clara County 11,245 43,128 732,765
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Intercity commute flows are calculated in the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and are
expressed as the flow of workers aged over 16 between each of the six cities shown in Table 2. Not
surprisingly, a high proportion of people live and work in the same city, though there are significant
intercity commute flows including some cross‐peninsula movement to access employment.
Table 2 shows that the percentage of workers commuting to San Francisco drops off as the distance
increases. The peninsula cities have commuting levels between 2 and 6 percent of workers travelling to
and from San Francisco.
The most significant cross‐peninsula flows are:
16 percent of Mountain View residents work in Palo Alto
9 percent of Redwood City residents work in Palo Alto
6 percent of Palo Alto residents work in Mountain View
6 percent of Redwood City residents work in San Mateo and vice versa
5 percent of Palo Alto residents work in Redwood City
Table 2 Intercity Commute Flows as a Percentage of Total Working Population Over Age 16 (2010)1
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C
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WORKPLACE
San
Francisco
South San
Francisco
City
San Mateo Redwood Palo Alto* Mountain
View
San Francisco 76% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%
South San Francisco 33% 24% 4% 2% 1% < 1%
San Mateo 13% 5% 29% 6% 4% 2%
Redwood City 6% 3% 6% 28% 9% 3%
Palo Alto* 4% 1% 2% 5% 35% 6%
Mountain View 2% 1% 1% 3% 16% 27%
*Includes East Palo Alto
Commuter Mode Split
While driving alone is the most common mode of travel to work, residents of the peninsula cities also
use public transportation, walk, bike, and telecommute (see Table 3). Amongst the cities studied, Palo
Alto has the highest bicycle commute rate at 9 percent, followed by Mountain View with 6 percent,
whereas Redwood City’s bicycle commute rate is 2 percent.2 For the peninsula cities, transit ridership is
highest in Palo Alto and Mountain View at 6 percent with Redwood City recording 4 percent.
1 U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2006‐2010. Five‐year estimates. Special Tabulation: Census
Transportation Planning. Measures: workers 16 and over, weighted by 2010 working populations per city.
2 2010‐2014 American Community Survey 5‐Year Estimates. Commuting Characteristics by Sex, Accessed Dec. 3,
2015.
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Table 3 Commute Trips by Mode by City3
San
Francisco
South San
Francisco
San
Mateo
Redwood
City
Palo
Alto
East Palo
Alto
Mountain
View
Workers 16 years and over
(total) 456,670 32,566 52,404 40,375 31,113 12,978 42,147
Car, truck, or van 44% 82% 82% 84% 72% 85% 81%
Public transportation 33% 11% 8% 4% 6% 4% 6%
Walk 10% 3% 3% 3% 5% 3% 3%
Bicycle 4% 1% 2% 2% 9% 3% 6%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other
means 4% 1% 2% 2% 9% 3% 6%
Work at home 7% 3% 4% 6% 8% 2% 4%
Transit Access
According to the Caltrain 2014 On‐Board Transit Survey Final Report, 17 percent of passengers access
Caltrain by bike and the same percentage reach their final destination by bike as well.4 According to the
San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, since 2004, the number of passengers bringing their bikes on board
Caltrain has almost quadrupled.5 To meet demand, bike capacity was increased to include two bike cars
for every train in 2009, though passengers are still denied boarding due to limited bike capacity as per
Caltrain’s “first –come, first‐served” policy.6,7 Caltrain explains:
With limited onboard bike space, customers with bikes are encouraged to park them at Caltrain
stations, when feasible. This will eliminate potential delays for cyclists who have to wait for
trains with available onboard bike capacity. Bike racks, lockers and shared‐access parking
facilities are available at most Caltrain stations for customers who bike to and/or from the
station.8
However, Table 4 shows that secure bike parking is not available at every Caltrain station included in
this analysis. Given the high bicycle access rates, limited secure bicycle parking, and limited space
onboard Caltrain vehicles, there may be an argument to expand bike share access in the peninsula cities.
However, it is noted that in the ‘BABS Membership Survey’ section below, that one of the conclusions of
3 U.S. Census Bureau. 2010 Demographic Profile. Accessed Dec. 3, 2015.
4 Caltrain 2014 On‐Board Transit Survey Final Report.
http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/ MarketDevelopment/pdf/Caltrain+Origin+$!26+Destination+Survey+2014.pdf
5 San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Caltrain. Accessed Dec. 15, 2015. https://www.sfbike.org/our‐work/regional‐
advocacy/caltrain/
6 Ibid.
7 Caltrain. Bicycle Parking. Updated 2015. Accessed Dec. 15, 2015.
http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/Bicycles/BicycleParking.html
8 Caltrain. Bicycle Parking. Updated 2015. Accessed Dec. 15, 2015.
http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/Bicycles/BicycleParking.html
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the survey team was that Bay Area Bike Share, at least as a pilot program “has not had a sizeable effect
in reducing the number of bikes on Caltrain or BART trains.”9
Table 4 Caltrain Bicycle Parking Availability
Station Bike Rack
Spaces
Bicycle Locker
Spaces
Bicycle
Lockers
Available
Bike Share
Available Other Bike Parking Amenities
San Francisco 6 180 Yes Yes Free Attended Bike Parking Facility
(Monday – Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.)
San Mateo 11 12 Yes No City run, on‐demand electronic lockers
www.bikelink.org
Redwood City 18 50 No – full Yes
Palo Alto 178 94 No – full Yes
Mountain View 23 116 No – full Yes City run, shared access bike storage shed
3. System Performance in the Peninsula Cities
Bay Area Bike Share in the peninsula cities are each designed as small “mini‐systems” that are
connected to one another and to the rest of the system by Caltrain. Each city includes five to seven bike
share stations centered on the Caltrain station. In this way, bike share is intended to deliver people to
and from transit and act as a first‐and last‐mile transit connection.
Quantitative Performance Review
A breakdown of the number of stations, docks, bikes, and ridership for each of the pilot cities is included
in Table 5 for the one‐year period between September 1, 2014 and August 31, 2015. Month‐by‐month
ridership levels are included in Appendix A. As well, membership information for each of the pilot cities
is included in Table 6 for the period between September 1, 2014 and November 11, 2015.
Table 5: Ridership Statistics for Bay Area Bike Share (September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015)
City
System Statistics Ridership Trips /
Bike / Day
Annual
Member Trip
Percentage
Casual
Member Trip
PercentageStations Docks Bikes Trips Percent
San Francisco 35 665 350 321,108 90.7% 2.51 85% 15%
Redwood City 7 115 70 2,007 0.6% 0.08 79% 21%
Palo Alto 5 75 50 3,093 0.9% 0.17 57% 43%
Mountain View 7 117 70 9,989 2.8% 0.39 85% 15%
San Jose 16 264 160 17,956 5.1% 0.31 84% 16%
Total 70 1,236 700 326,915 100% 1.39 85% 15%
9 OneBayArea Innovation Starts Here. MTC’s Climate Initiatives Program Evaluation, Pilot Bike‐sharing Program,
Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
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Table 6: Membership Statistics for Bay Area Bike Share (September 1, 2014 to November 11, 2015)
City
Annual Members Casual Members
Number of Annual
Members
Annual Member Zip
Code (%)1
Number of Casual
Members
Casual Member
Percentage2
San Francisco 2,015 52% 44,488 85%
Redwood City 70 2% 392 1%
Palo Alto 72 2% 1,852 4%
Mountain View 112 3% 1,842 4%
San Jose 238 6% 3,539 7%
Other 1,334 35% ‐‐
Total 3,814 100% 3,927 100%
1 Based on billing zip code provided at time of membership purchase.
2 Based on location of membership purchase. Users may have used the system in multiple locations.
The peninsula cities have approximately 27 percent of the stations and 25 percent of the docks in the
system. However, ridership was approximately 15,000 trips in the reported one‐year period,
representing just under five percent of system ridership. The highest performing of the peninsula cities
is Mountain View recording 0.39 trips per bike per day (higher than San Jose and second only to San
Francisco). Palo Alto and Redwood City recorded lower ridership at 0.17 and 0.08 trips per bike per day,
respectively.
Approximately seven percent of annual members have billing zip codes in the peninsula cities and nine
percent of casual members signed up in one of the peninsula cities.
Ridership between Stations
Toole Design Group prepared an online map that shows the number of trips per year between all origin‐
destination (O‐D) pairs for stations in the pilot program. The map shows that Caltrain stations are by far
the highest ridership stations on the peninsula. There are 14 O‐D pairs with ridership above 150 trips per
year, and all but one have a Caltrain station at one end (the exception is the O‐D pair between Franklin
at Maple and the Redwood City Public Library which had a ridership of about 300 trips per year). The
other ends of these high‐ridership O‐D pairs tend to be at employment (e.g., Redwood City Medical
Center), transit (e.g., Castro Street & El Camino Real), retail (e.g., Mountain View City Hall), and
educational (e.g., Stanford in Redwood City) destinations.
Mountain View had four O‐D pairs with ridership higher than 1,000 trips per year, the largest being
between the Mountain View Caltrain Station and Mountain View City Hall, which is located on
Downtown Mountain View’s retail and commercial Main Street. Redwood City’s highest ridership pairs
are between the Caltrain station and two different medical centers. Palo Alto’s highest ridership pairs
are between the Caltrain stations and mixed‐use neighborhoods with retail, employment, and higher
density residential uses. Interestingly there is somewhat high ridership between Palo Alto’s two Caltrain
stations (Palo Alto and California Ave), both of which are located in active, mixed‐use neighborhoods.
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Individual station ridership is shown in Appendix B along with a table summarizing the characteristics of
the area surrounding each station.
Ridership between Cities
Toole Design Group also analyzed ridership between the peninsula cities, shown in Table 7. Intercity
ridership can also be viewed on the station‐to‐station online map. The three cities were designed as
three independent mini‐systems and are generally operating that way with only a small amount of
intercity travel – 496 trips out of 15,089 trips or 3 percent. The highest intercity ridership is 190 trips
between Palo Alto and Mountain View and 50 trips between Palo Alto and Redwood City. Approximately
two‐thirds of all intercity trips are between two and three miles long, with the remaining one‐third
between three and seven miles long.
Table 7: Intercity ridership between pairs of peninsula cities (September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015)
Mountain View
(% of all Mountain View trips)
Palo Alto
(% of all Palo Alto trips)
Redwood City
(% of all Redwood City trips)
Mountain View 9,788
98%
190
6%
2
0%
Palo Alto 190
2%
2,851
92%
50
2%
Redwood City 2
0%
50
2%
1,954
97%
San Francisco 3
0%
2
0%
1
0%
San Jose 6
0%
0
0%
0
0%
Total 9,989
100%
3,093
100%
2,007
100%
BABS Member and Intercept Survey
In 2014, Bay Area Bike Share conducted an online member survey and an intercept survey. The online
survey was administered in four rounds—at the end of January, March, June, and August, 2014 and was
sent to all annual members. It received a total of 1,004 responses. The intercept surveys were
conducted at stations only in San Francisco and received a total of 118 responses.10
From the online member survey, a large majority of respondents rated their BABS experience as
excellent or good (93 percent) and recommended the system to friends or family (also 93 percent).11
Sixty annual members with zip codes from the peninsula cities responded to the survey. When asked
10 Surveys were conducted Market at 4th, Embarcadero at Sansome, San Francisco Caltrain (Townsend at 4th), and
Harry Bridges Plaza (Ferry Building).
11 Ibid.
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what one thing they would improve about the system, the most commonly suggested changes were for
more stations, improved rebalancing at existing stations, and equipment changes.12 A breakdown of the
most requested changes is included below:
More stations: 24 respondents (40% of peninsula respondents).
Rebalancing, primarily the availability of bikes or spare docks at the Caltrain stations: 11
respondents (18%).
Equipment changes, such as improved consistency with locking and unlocking bicycles, weight of
bicycles, gearing, etc.: 9 respondents (15%).
Service changes, such as a longer free‐ride period: 5 respondents (8%).
Maintenance such as brake upgrades, more regular cleaning: 3 respondents (5%).
Improved customer service: 3 respondents (5%).
No suggested improvement: 5 respondents (8%).
Note that the annual member survey does not include potential members. There may be people in the
peninsula cities that would use the bike share system if there were more stations or if some other
potential barrier were removed.
Related to bikes on board, the last two of four rounds of the online member survey included a question
about bikes on transit to gauge the potential for BABS to reduce bike crowding on trains by encouraging
people to use bike share to access the train or their destination. Respondents who said that they were
going to or coming from Caltrain or BART when they used BABS were asked: “If bike share were not
available, would you have brought your own bike on the train, to use at either end of your [Caltrain or
BART] trip?”
This question applied to only 15‐percent of respondents, of whom only a small percentage said that they
would have brought their bike on the train if BABS was not available. Of people who referred to a
Caltrain trip, eight (18‐percent) said that, yes, they would have brought their bike on the train while nine
(20‐percent) said they were not sure or did not know.13 These responses indicate that BABS has not had
a sizeable effect in reducing the number of bikes on Caltrain trains.
Qualitative Performance Review
The TDG team conducted interviews with key staff that were involved with the initial pilot program to
assess how the system has worked in the peninsula cities. Staff from Redwood City, VTA, SamTrans, Palo
Alto, Motivate, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) were interviewed.
The Bay Area Bike Share program was started with the idea of the peninsula cities working together to
provide a coordinated bike share system. Prior to that, San Francisco had direction from then Mayor
Newsom in 2007 to implement a bike share system in the city. However, changes in the bike share
12 BABS Ridership Survey Data. 2014.
13 Ibid.
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industry had resulted in delays for the system in San Francisco and with the cities of Redwood City, Palo
Alto, Mountain View, San Jose and the Air District expressing interest, San Francisco delayed to work
towards a coordinated system. MTC, a potential choice to manage a regional system, was not interested
in the operations of bike share and so the Air District volunteered to coordinate regional operations. The
system was intended to be a pilot for the rest of the Bay Area but no strategic planning was conducted
to determine a regional strategy for how bike share could work in different communities or where it
should be expanded to (note that MTC started a strategic planning effort in 2014 but that effort was
discontinued once the Motivate offer was made available). As a result, staff felt there needs to be more
time to demonstrate the performance of a larger system. On the Peninsula, the system was intended to
function as a first and last mile solution focused on the Caltrain corridor. There needs to be additional
work to determine if there is additional demand within the individual cities and in particular untapped
demand to Caltrain. Many employers are asking for connections to Caltrain and while they have not
been specific on the mode, bike share could provide this service.
Demand
The staff at Redwood City has seen an increase in intra‐city trips when one of their stations was
relocated to be near a high‐density residential development. The proximity to higher‐density residential
areas within the more suburban cities of the Bay Area may be necessary to increase ridership. Stations
in Redwood City were moved to be non‐competitive with walk trips. Bike share may need to cover
longer distance trips than in urban areas. To increase bike share ridership, low‐stress bicycle
infrastructure is needed on the Peninsula. While San Mateo is proceeding with their own bike share
system, the City of Sunnyvale might be another city that bike share could expand into with significant
demand.
Interoperability
While the city staff and Motivate staff felt that it was important to ensure that bike share memberships
are compatible with different systems, it was undetermined if there was a need for the three peninsula
cities to have interoperability (i.e., where the equipment is compatible for use in different cities). Staff
felt there would be operational advantages and cost savings to having one vendor work in the Peninsula
cities. Motivate staff stated that they would be willing to look into solutions to ensure compatibility with
their equipment even if there was a different system on the Peninsula.
Equipment and Operations
It was recognized that the occurrence of full or empty stations (i.e., either where there is no room to
dock a bike or no bike available for pick‐up) may provide a bad user experience, turning off current and
future customers. The small system size with only a few stations offers no redundancies for people
looking for available bikes or docks. Nevertheless, City staff felt that overall they were pleased with the
service that Motivate provided, but that there were some issues with bikes not docking in stations and a
general lack of marketing. Staff felt that while the Motivate staff were overall responsive, they were not
given the resources necessary to provide a larger outreach effort to attract additional members.
Motivate staff stated that there was individual marketing plans for the three Peninsula cities at the
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beginning of the project. Motivate staff also indicated that should a larger system be put in place, their
level of effort with operations and marketing would be commensurate to size of the system.
4. System Planning and Demand
Ridership observed in the peninsula cities was compared to that of other suburban cities participating in
larger regional bike share programs. These include Alexandria, VA and Bethesda, Rockville, and Silver
Spring, MD in the Washington D.C. area’s Capital Bikeshare and Brookline and Somerville, MA in the
Boston area’s Hubway system.
Table 8 and Figure 1 show the number of stations, system coverage area, and density of stations in each
city as well as ridership information reported in terms of the number of trips per bike per day recorded
for the most recent year where station‐to‐station data was available14. It shows that total ridership is
generally higher in other suburban cities than in the peninsula cities. However, a deeper analysis of this
data shows that many trips from these cities are external trips. When trips to and from external
destinations are stripped out of the data leaving only internal trips, ridership levels are, in some cases,
very similar to those of the peninsula cities.
Table 8: Comparison of Suburban Bike Share Systems
City Bike Share
System
Name
Number of
Stations
(Percentage of
System)
System
Coverage
(sq.mi.)
Station
Density
(stations /
sq.mi.)
Total
Ridership
(trips per bike
per day)
Internal
Ridership1
(trips per bike
per day)
Mountain
View Bay Area Bike
Share
7 (10%) 1.28 5.5 0.42 0.42
Palo Alto 5 (7%) 0.76 6.6 0.19 0.18
Redwood City 7 (10%) 1.06 6.6 0.09 0.08
Alexandria, VA
Capital
Bikeshare
16 (5%) 2.24 7.1 1.34 1.13
Bethesda, MD 14 (4%) 1.86 7.5 0.85 0.61
Rockville, MD 21 (6%) 5.54 3.8 0.15 0.14
Silver Spring,
MD 17 (5%) 3.12 5.4 0.63 0.54
Brookline, MA
Hubway 4 (3%) 0.94 4.3 1.98 0.32
Somerville, MA 12 (9%) 2.23 5.4 1.30 0.43
1 Includes only bike share trips made within each city.
14 Ridership statistics represent the same 243 day period between April 2nd and November 30th 2013. This
represents the time the Hubway system was open in 2013, the most recent year in which station‐to‐station data is
available on the Hubway website. The Hubway system closed the remainder of 2013 due to winter weather
conditions. Ridership statistics for Bay Area Bike Share and Capital Bikeshare represent the same 243 day period in
2014/2015.
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Figure 1: Comparison of System Statistics for Suburban Bike Share Cities.
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A comparison of internal ridership levels is shown on Figure 2. Alexandria is a clear outlier. The city is
removed from Washington D.C. and the other bike share jurisdictions and the majority of trips in
Alexandria start or end at one of their Metro stations. Similarly, a lot of trips in Bethesda and Silver
Spring start or end near the Metro stations (though not as many as in Alexandria).15 The results indicate
that the presence of high‐capacity and frequent mass transit is likely to have an impact on bike share
ridership. Land use may also have an impact with cities such as Rockville and Redwood City being more
suburban in nature with more spread‐out land use and easy access to parking.
Figure 2: Comparison of Intra‐City Bike Share Trip Rates for Suburban Bike Share Cities.
The project team explored trends between internal ridership rates and several variables including the
number of stations, service area, station density, population and employment density, land use diversity
(i.e., jobs per household), and network design (i.e., weighted multimodal intersection density) within the
service area.16 Plots of ridership rates against each of these variables are included in Appendix C. There
15 http://eliglazier.com/urban/map.html
16 Population and employment estimates and the land use diversity (jobs per household) and network design
(weighted multimodal intersection density) variables are calculating by using the EPA Smart Location Database,
which contains data from the 2010 Census: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart‐location‐mapping#SLD
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appears to be clear trends between the level of ridership and the number of stations, the service area,
and to some degree station density and land use diversity. Population density, employment density, city
coverage, and network density were less obvious as to their impact on ridership. This is consistent with
other research that has shown that population and employment density is less of a predictor of transit
and walking rates than factors such as proximity, land use diversity, and network design.17
The number of stations and the service area are closely related, but the service area accounts for where
stations may be closer together and overlap in service area. The well‐fitting relationship between
ridership and service area suggests that as more stations are added and increase the reach of the
system, that overall system ridership also increases.
There appears to be a lesser relationship between ridership and station density, at least in smaller
systems. Analysis conducted by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) of the
five largest bike share programs in the United States showed that ridership at individual stations
increases as a function of station density.18 It may be that in smaller systems, balancing coverage area
and density is more important and that systems need to first consider covering a useful area where trips
begin to become too far to walk. At some point in a system’s growth, station density may take over as
the more important function in increasing ridership.
Density is also important to ensure that stations are close enough together to be convenient to potential
users and reachable with a short walk trip. Also, if a station is full or empty, people wishing to return or
check out a bike need to be able to access another station nearby.
To try to incorporate the importance of both service area and station density, the project team
conducted a regression analysis to develop a simple relationship between the two variables that could
help inform the impact of changing one or more of these variables. The analysis removed the results
from Rockville and Alexandria as outliers to the service area and station density analyses (see Appendix
C). The resulting equation is:
R internal = 0.17 * SA + 0.017 * SD
Where:
Rinternal = Internal ridership rate, measured in trips per bike per day,
SA = Service Area, measured in square miles, and
SD = Station Density, measured in stations per square mile.
A plot of the actual and predicted internal ridership rates using this equation is shown on Figure 3. The
analysis resulted in an R‐squared value of 0.91 and an F‐test showed that the regression equation is
useful in predicting ridership. A t‐test was conducted on the coefficients and found that there is some
redundancy in using both service area and station density to estimate ridership, which is logical given
17 Ewing, R. and Cervero, R. Travel and the Built Environment – A Meta‐Analysis. Published in the Journal of the
American Planning Association, Vol. 76, No. 3, Summer 2010.
18 NACTO Bike Share Equity Practitioners’ Paper #1, April 2015.
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they are somewhat related. Comparing predicted ridership to actual ridership (see Figure 3) showed that
the equation is reasonably effective at predicting mid‐level ridership but was less accurate at predicting
really low (e.g., Redwood City) and really high (e.g., Alexandria) ridership.
Figure 3: Comparison of Actual Versus Predicted Internal Ridership Rates
The equation can be used to surmise what might happen to system ridership if these variables are
increased. It shows that every square mile added to the system area can expect a return in the order of
0.17 trips per bike per day. As well, if density is increased by 1 station per square mile, the resulting
impact on ridership is smaller, 0.017 trips per bike per day. Again, at some point in a system’s growth,
this may reverse and the impact of station density may take over as a larger driver of ridership, as
suggested by the NACTO analysis.
If the system ridership level of 1.0 rides per bike per day is a goal for a small city (which would also
result in an operating cost reduction of $25 per dock per month – see below), then a system of at
least 5 square miles and a density of at least 8 stations per square mile would be required. This is a
system of approximately 40 stations assuming the current smart dock system configuration.
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The next steps will be to create maps of the potential system in each of the peninsula cities based on
proposed system size identified above. One of the traits of a successful bike share system is the ability
for people to walk to a station that is close to transit, retail, employment centers and other key origins
and destinations. MTC’s GIS suitability map and a “walk shed” analysis will be used to determine more
specific station locations.
5. Summary of Option 1 – Buying into the Motivate System
As part of the Motivate expansion plan, the peninsula cities were given a cost proposal to “buy into” the
system and continue operations of the existing equipment and to purchase and operate new equipment
in the future. The Motivate proposal to purchase the current and new equipment depends on the size of
the station but ranges from approximately $47,000 to $97,000 per station plus a $4,000 per station cost
to permit and install new stations. These costs are compared in Table 9 with other U.S. cities that
recently signed contracts or received proposals for bike share equipment based on an average station
size of 19 docks and 10 bicycles.
Table 9: Capital Cost Comparison (based on 10 bike and 19 dock station or equivalent)
City Cost Type Technology
Type
Equipment
Provider
Number of
10‐Bike
Stations
Cost per
Station
Cost per Station
(installation)
San Mateo, CA Proposed Smart bike Social
Bicycles
10 $17,0001 $4,600
West
Hollywood, CA
Proposed Smart bike Social
Bicycles
15 $25,1072 $8,760
Portland, OR Proposed Smart bike Social
Bicycles
60 $25,7203 $8,5503
Nextbike Pricing
Request
Smart bike Nextbike n/a $26,500 ‐
Nextbike Pricing
Request
Smart dock Nextbike n/a $29,000 ‐
Long Beach,
CA
Proposed Smart bike Social
Bicycles
50 $35,075 $4,500
Santa Monica,
CA
Proposed Smart bike Social
Bicycles
50 $43,0004 Included
Los Angeles
Metro, CA
Proposed Smart dock B‐cycle 80 $47,5005 Included
Motivate
Proposal
Proposed Smart dock Motivate ‐$55,503.565 $4,000
1 The City of San Mateo is considering 10 to 12 “hubs” using existing bike racks. Therefore cost estimates do not include capital or installation of
racks, docks, or kiosks. City of San Mateo staff report, November 16, 2015.
2 The City of West Hollywood is considering purchase of 255 custom bike racks for 20 locations to consist of 1 electronic kiosk, 10 large displays,
and 9 small displays. City of West Hollywood Staff report, August 17, 2015.
3 The City of Portland will place bikes at 60 “locations” that include 30 city bike corrals, 19 “hubs” with display panels, and 11 kiosks. Installation
costs include $4,814 per station to be paid by City for system start‐up and $3,736 per station to be paid by vendor for launch expenses.
4 The City of Santa Monica purchased 1,000 custom bike racks for 50 locations to consist of 20 electronic kiosks and 30 large and small displays.
5 All stations include electronic kiosks and map panels.
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Table 9 shows that prices vary depending on the size and specifications of the order. Smart bike systems
are generally less expensive to purchase than smart dock systems, although it is noted that as more
electronic kiosks were ordered (e.g., in Santa Monica), the price per station started to approach the
price of a smart dock system. The Motivate equipment is the highest cost of any of the proposals
compared. However, their per station installation costs are in line or lower than the other proposals.
Other costs that are difficult to measure are the “start‐up” and “launch” costs associated with creating a
new bike share program. As well, there are costs associated with delaying the system while a new
program is selected and set up that also need to be accounted for. These are not insignificant costs and
should be explored further if a different equipment vendor or operator is to be considered.
The Motivate cost proposal includes a $112.50 per dock per month operating fee. This is broken into a
$12.50 per dock per month fee to upgrade to the 8D Technologies equipment and $100 per dock per
month to operate and maintain the system. The 8D Technologies equipment upgrade cost is a recurring
cost that will last indefinitely. The latter O&M cost is reduced if the system hits ridership metrics above
1.0 trips per bike per day. Table 10 compares the base operating cost to those observed in several cities
already operating bike share programs and in several cities that have recently received operating cost
proposals.
Table 10: Operating Cost Comparison
City Operating
Cost Type
Equipment and
Operator Type
Operator Name System Size Price (per dock
per month)
Minneapolis, MN Actual (2013) Smart dock
Non‐profit
Nice Ride
Minnesota
1,550 bikes,
3,100 docks
$70.55
San Mateo, CA Proposed Smart bike
Non‐profit
Bikes Make Life
Better
50 bikes, no
specialty docks
$78.951
Boston, MA Actual (2012) Smart dock
Private
Motivate 700 bikes,
1,400 docks
$86.52
Santa Monica, CA Proposed Smart bike
Private
CycleHop 500 bikes,
1,000 racks
$91.26
Denver, CO Actual (2014) Smart dock
Non‐profit
Denver
Bikesharing
700 bikes,
1,250 docks
$99.12
Aspen, CO Actual (2014) Smart dock
Non‐profit
WE‐Cycle 100 bikes, 180
docks
$102.56
Motivate Proposal Proposed Smart dock
Private
Motivate ‐$112.50
West Hollywood,
CA
Proposed Smart bike
Private
CycleHop 150 bikes, 255
racks
$112.75
Arlington, VA Actual (2014) Smart dock
Private
Motivate 460 bikes, 920
docks
$112.99
Los Angeles Metro,
CA
Proposed Smart dock
Private
Bicycle Transit
Systems
1,000 bikes,
1,900 docks
$115.34
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City Operating
Cost Type
Equipment and
Operator Type
Operator Name System Size Price (per dock
per month)
Montgomery
County, MD
Actual (2015) Smart dock
Private
Motivate 500 bikes, 818
docks
$117.43
Alexandria, VA Actual (2015) Smart dock,
Private
Motivate 180 bikes, 250
docks
$124.59
Austin, TX Actual (2014) Smart dock
Non‐profit
Austin B‐cycle 380 bikes, 600
docks
$127.45
Washington D.C. Actual (2015) Smart dock,
Private
Motivate 2,000 bikes,
3,674 docks
$145.00
1 The City of San Mateo is planning to use existing bike racks for this system. For comparison, the per dock per month cost assumes 19 docks for
every 10 bikes.
Table 10 shows that actual operating costs range quite significantly anywhere from approximately $70
to $145 per dock per month. At the lower end, some non‐profits receive in‐kind donations and services
to off‐set some operating expenses (such as free or low‐rent warehouse space, pro‐bono legal costs,
marketing services, etc.). As well, there are often less stringent operating performance standards in
some non‐profit run systems. There is very little information available about the cost to operate smart
bike systems and in any case, most major city smart bike systems have been operating for less than a
year. Operating costs are typically negotiated at the time of contract and will vary greatly depending on
the service levels specified by the program owner. It is difficult to compare across cities without knowing
the service levels that these systems operate at and in many cases, this is not available. It is also unclear
what service levels Motivate is proposing at this cost. This will need further investigation.
Nevertheless, the Motivate proposal is towards the upper end of the range of actual and proposed
operating costs, and within a few dollars of the top of the range of operating costs for private bike share
operators. The Motivate cost proposal will be more competitive if ridership levels reach 1.0 trips per
bike per day in which case it will drop to $87.50 per dock per month compared to $112.50 per dock per
month.
Over the long run, operating costs far outstrip equipment costs and so it is prudent to consider cost
impacts over a longer term. For example, for a 40 station / 760 dock bike share system operating
over a 5 year period, the Motivate system would cost approximately $2.4 million for equipment and
installation and approximately $5.1 million for operations and maintenance (approximately $1
million per year). This would reduce to $4.0 million if ridership can be maintained above 1.0 trips per
bike per day (approximately $800,000 per year).
The demand equation and the proposed Motivate costs were used to conduct some scenario planning
to show the link between system costs, system ridership, and productivity. A 40 station / 400 bike / 760
dock system (Scenario 1) and a 60 station / 600 bike / 1,140 dock system (Scenario 2) were modeled and
the results shown in Table 11 in terms of the capital cost per trip (over the five‐year useful life of the
equipment) and the operating cost per trip. Table 11 shows that increasing the average ridership rate
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reduces the per trip capital and operating costs. This impact is enlarged with the reduced operating cost
rates proposed by Motivate when ridership levels of 1.0 and 1.5 trips per bike per day are reached.
Table 11: Comparison of Capital and Operating Cost Scenarios
System Size Lower than Projected
Ridership
Projected Ridership Higher than projected
Ridership
Scenario 1 – 40 stations / 400 bikes / 760 docks (service area = 5.0 sq.mi.; station density = 8 stations / sq.mi.)
Trips per bike per day 0.5 1.0 1.5
Annual trips 73,000 146,000 219,000
Five‐year capital cost $2,400,000 $2,400,000 $2,400,000
Capital cost per trip (over
five‐year useful life of
equipment)
$6.58 $3.29 $2.19
Operating cost rate (per
dock per month)
$112.50 $87.50 $62.50
Operating cost per year $1,026,000 $798,000 $570,000
Operating cost per trip $14.05 $5.47 $2.60
Scenario 2 – 60 stations / 600 bikes / 1,140 docks (service area of 7.5 sq.mi.; station density = 8 stations / sq.mi.)
Trips per bike per day 0.9 1.4 1.9
Annual trips 197,000 307,000 416,000
Five‐year capital cost $3,600,000 $3,600,000 $3,600,000
Capital cost per trip $3.65 $2.35 $1.73
Operating cost rate (per
dock per month)
$112.50 $87.50 $62.50
Operating cost per year $1,540,000 $1,197,000 $855,000
Operating cost per trip $7.81 $3.90 $2.06
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Appendix A: Monthly Ridership Rates by City
Trips per Bike per Day
Redwood City Palo Alto Mountain View
September, 2014 0.05 0.20 0.43
October, 2014 0.05 0.19 0.44
November, 2014 0.04 0.15 0.32
December, 2014 0.03 0.07 0.22
January, 2015 0.07 0.15 0.33
February, 2015 0.07 0.12 0.35
March, 2015 0.08 0.14 0.40
April, 2015 0.09 0.15 0.38
May, 2015 0.07 0.16 0.39
June, 2015 0.12 0.22 0.46
July, 2015 0.14 0.27 0.47
August, 2015 0.11 0.21 0.49
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Appendix B: Station Characteristics Analysis
Station Jurisdiction Annual Ridership
(trips)1 Station Photo Station Characteristics
Caltrain Station Other Transit High Density
Residential
Commercial / Retail /
Restaurant Activity
Other Attractions Bicycle Facility
Type
Other Notes
Kaiser Hospital
(Old Location)
Redwood City 380 No No No Medical offices Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center
Low‐volume street Station was initially not very visible
located at the back of the medical
center due to construction.
Kaiser Hospital
(New Location)
Redwood City N/A N/A No No No Big box retail Kaiser Permanente
Medical Center
Buffered bike lane Station in a much more visible
location on Veterans Way
Mezes Redwood City 357 N/A No No Yes No No Bike lane Station recently moved to be located
near the new Radius development
Redwood City
Caltrain Station
Redwood City 1,694 Yes Yes No Restaurants / retail
nearby
No None Station has terrific visibility and is
right on the Caltrain platform
Redwood City
Public Library
Redwood City 216 No No No Restaurants neaby Public Library None Very visible station, on library plaza
San Mateo County
Center
Redwood City 314 No No No Restaurants, theater
nearby
Courts, municipal
offices, history museum
Bike Lane Offset 1 block from “main drag”, near
lots of parking lots
Sequoia Hospital Redwood City No Yes No No Hospital Low‐volume street
Stanford in
Redwood City
Redwood City 872 No Yes No No Hospital None
California Avenue
Caltrain Station
Palo Alto 896 Yes Yes Yes Retail/Restaurant,
“main street”
No Bike lane On side street right by station‐
visibility could be better
Cowper at
University
Palo Alto 1,152 No Yes No Retail/Restaurant,
“main street”
Office buildings None
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Palo Alto Caltrain
Station
Palo Alto 2,016 Yes Yes Yes Restuarants Bike lane Right across from station entrance
Park at Olive Palo Alto 793 No No No Offices Bike lane
University and
Emerson
Palo Alto 1,329 2.5 blocks Yes No Retail/Restaurant,
“main street”
None Super visible, right on main
commercial street, right outside large
bike shop,
Castro Street at El
Camino Real
Mountain View 2,346 No Yes Yes Some strip mall retail,
some main‐street style
retail
Offices None
Charleston Park /
North Bayshore
Area
Mountain View No Yes No Commercial Office park Google Bike lane
Middlefield Light
Rail Station
Mountain View No Yes No No Suburban office park,
light rail station
Mountain View
Caltrain Station
Mountain View 7,408 Yes Yes No Retail/Restaurant,
“main street”
Mountain View
City Hall
Mountain View 3,307 No Yes Yes Retail/restaurant City Hall, offices None
San Antonio
Caltrain Station
Mountain View 2,104 Yes Yes Yes A few small strip mall
developments
Strip mall offices None
San Antonio
Shopping Center
Mountain View 2,168 No Yes No Big box retail, suburban
office buildings
Low‐volume street
Notes:
1 Trip data is for the period from September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015 and represents total trips to and from the station.
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Appendix C: Comparison of Internal Bike Share Ridership with Service Area Characteristics
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Attachment C
MEMORANDUM
Project: Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan
Subject: Deliverable 2 – Business Case Analysis and Summary of San Mateo Pilot Program
Date: January 29, 2016
To: Melissa Reggiardo, SamTrans
From: Sean Co and Adrian Witte, Toole Design Group
CC: Peninsula Bike Share Working Group
This memorandum is the second of a series of memoranda to help Redwood City, Palo Alto, and
Mountain View (referred to as “the peninsula cities”) make their decision on how to move forward with
bike share. It includes:
1. A review of the “business case” for bike share in the peninsula cities – summarizing what
function bike share can play, who are the most likely users of the system, and how bike share
could address different city goals.
2. System planning for expanded programs in each of the peninsula cities and an exploration of
population densities, diversity, and income levels in the proposed service areas.
3. A summary of the proposed San Mateo pilot bike share program to explore whether this
program may be expandable to the peninsula cities as an alternative to the Motivate program.
4. Possible funding mechanisms that might be available to the peninsula cities including MTC
capital funds and a review of funding mechanisms used in San Mateo and other places.
1. Business Case for Bike Share
This section builds on the existing conditions review and analysis conducted as part of the first
memorandum to summarize the business case for bike share on the peninsula. It looks at what functions
bike share could play, who would be the expected users of the program, and how bike share might be
able to address different city goals.
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Bike Share Functions and Users
Bike share in the peninsula cities currently, and will continue to serve primarily a commuting function.
The greatest opportunities are to connect people to mass transit such as Caltrain as part of larger
commute trips or to connect local residents to employment centers within the same city or in nearby
cities. There are particular benefits to Caltrain including increasing the catchment area of stations,
reducing the need for private bicycles to be brought on board, and the opportunity to provide an
integrated transit solution that offers an alternative to private vehicle travel.
The program could also provide some ancillary functions for local residents, e.g., connecting
neighborhood commercial districts, providing recreational riding opportunities, connecting student
housing to city services, etc.
Bike share programs in the peninsula cities are not expected to serve a large tourist or visitor market,
primarily because the number of tourists and visitors to the peninsula is much lower than in other parts
of the Bay Area. This does take away a potential revenue stream from casual users that in other cities
makes up over 50‐percent of user revenues. This means that a greater emphasis on finding alternative
funding sources or better monetizing local users will be important.
Primary Functions of a Peninsula Bike Share Program
A first and last mile connection to transit, particularly to mass transit. Existing ridership
patterns show that the most frequent trips in the pilot program are to and from the Caltrain
stations. Bike share can increase the catchment area of a station (i.e., the bikeable distance
around a station is much larger than the walkable distance). If bike share could be integrated
into the transit fare structure, this would further reduce barriers to using the system and could
provide a full transit solution to compete with private automobile travel.
Reduce demand for long‐term secure bicycle parking and the need to bring private bicycles on
board Caltrain. The 2014 On‐Board Transit Survey Final Report showed that 17‐percent of
passengers access Caltrain by bike.1 Providing a network of public bicycles that users can dock
and “walk away” removes the personal risk of bike theft and could reduce the amount of secure,
long‐term bicycle parking that Caltrain would need to provide at stations. According to the San
Francisco Bicycle Coalition, since 2004, the number of passengers bringing their bikes on board
Caltrain has almost quadrupled.2 Expanding bike share may alleviate some of the demand to
bring bikes on board.3
1 Caltrain 2014 On‐Board Transit Survey Final Report.
http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/ MarketDevelopment/pdf/Caltrain+Origin+$!26+Destination+Survey+2014.pdf
2 San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Caltrain. Accessed Dec. 15, 2015. https://www.sfbike.org/our‐work/regional‐
advocacy/caltrain/
3 One conclusion of the ‘BABS Membership Survey’ was that the Bay Area Bike Share, at least as a pilot program,
“has not had a sizeable effect in reducing the number of bikes on Caltrain or BART trains.”
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Provide a connection to major employment centers, particularly for those commuting from
the same or the next city. There are already some “super‐users” of the pilot program that make
regular commute trips within the same city or to stations on the edge of the next city. As the
system is expanded to cover more employment centers and moves towards the edges of
adjacent cities, there is the potential for more commuting trips, and for associated trip‐making
throughout the day (e.g., running errands, going for lunch, recreational rides, etc.). Bike share
could become a Travel Demand Management (TDM) offering for employment centers in the
peninsula cities, which could also provide a funding opportunity for the system.
Ancillary Functions of a Peninsula Bike Share Program
Introduce new users to bicycling. Bike share provides an easily accessible network of bicycles
useful for those that do not have access to a private bicycle or that are looking to try bicycling.
Bike share systems and bicycling have social elements and social media associated with them
and many people are introduced to bike share through friends and visibility of the program. A
more complete and comfortable infrastructure network may be needed to attract or retain this
group of potential users.
Economic development and increased spending in retail and commercial areas. Bike share can
be a way to connect neighborhood centers and in particular provide access to downtowns and
retail / commercial districts where parking is constrained. Other cities have found bike share to
create additional local spending at businesses located near stations.
Student mobility. Although stations will not be provided on the main Stanford campus, there
will be stations on nearby properties. As well, bike share could be provided at off‐campus
student housing and be a means to connect students to city services, activity centers, and
recreational destinations.
Recreational trip making. This is not expected to be a large group of users, but for certain
station locations, there may be a potential trip type. For example, there is anecdotal evidence
from hospital campuses that have bike share stations that they are used by visitors spending
long hours at the campus and as a stress relief tool. Bike share in general can have a public
health benefit by increasing physical activity.
Minor Functions of a Peninsula Bike Share Program
Tourist and visitor transportation. Bike share is unlikely to serve a large tourist and visitor
function, primarily because there are fewer tourists and visitors than in other parts of the Bay
Area. This is a significant user group and revenue source in many other cities and will need to be
considered in the financial model.
Needs to Support the Bike Share Program
Improved and expanded bikeway network. There are certain users that will use the bike share
system regardless of the amount and type of infrastructure. But there is a large potential user
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to the Mountain View City Hall station, over 900 to the Castro Street & El Camino Real station, 600 to
the Evelyn Park & Ride station, and even 100 were taken to the San Antonio Shopping Center.
Map (3) Trips starting from San Francisco Caltrain station by member zip code
This map shows the zip code (for Peninsula cities only) of annual members that made a trip originating
from one of the two bike share stations at the San Francisco Caltrain station. What this map proximates
is how many people that use Caltrain to travel from the Peninsula to San Francisco then use bike share
to get to their final destination. There is no way to tell if these users also used bike share to access the
Caltrain station at the Peninsula end of their trip.
It shows that there were a total of 16,658 bike share trips made from the San Francisco Caltrain bike
share stations by annual members residing in the Peninsula cities. This represents approximately 45 trips
per day (and only includes annual members that chose to enter their zip codes). The map provides a
breakdown of that number by zip code, e.g., there were 872 bike share trips taken from the San
Francisco Caltrain bike share stations by annual members that live in zip code 94041 (part of Mountain
View). One of the interesting findings of this map is the number of members that live in San Mateo and
other Peninsula cities that do not currently have bike share.
One of the uses for this map is to understand how many people would be impacted by changes to the
current system, e.g., removing bike share altogether or going with a different system that could not be
integrated with the Motivate system that would require these users to potentially have two bike share
memberships to two different programs.
3. System Planning and Demographic Analysis
The analysis documented in the first memorandum recommended a system size of 35 to 40 stations to
increase ridership towards the target of 1.0 trip per bike per day. Based on that recommendation the
project team placed stations at potential locations in Redwood City, Palo Alto, and Mountain View to
reach the target coverage and station density. TDG considered the heat map prepared previously by
MTC, large employment centers, commercial, retail, and entertainment destinations, civic destinations,
and access to transit in placing stations. Note that these locations are intended to be general (e.g., to
the intersection level). Additional work will be required to identify precise locations for each station
considering available right‐of‐way, adjacent property interest, and public feedback. Potential station
locations are shown on the online map accessed at:
https://ennslisa.github.io/BayAreaBikeshareDemographics.html
Based on these stations placements, the service area of the system was calculated by drawing a 1/4 mile
radius circle around each potential bike share station (to approximate the distance that a potential bike
share user would walk to access a station) and joining these circles where there was overlap. A series of
maps were created to explore the following demographics of the proposed service area including: (1)
population density; (2) diversity; and (3) income.
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Map (1) Population Density
This map shows population density in the potential service area and was created using ESRI population
estimates for 2015 based on the 2010 census. The map shows that there is potential for an expanded
program to serve higher population density areas of the peninsula cities, which will increase the primary
functions of the program as a connection to transit and a potential commuting option to employment
centers.
Map (2) Diversity
This map shows diversity in the potential service area as calculated by ESRI’s Diversity Index, a measure
of the percentage likelihood that two random people chosen from the same area would be of different
races. The average Diversity Index for Mountain View is 76‐percent, for Palo Alto is 59‐percent, and for
Redwood City is 85‐percent.
Map (3) Income
This map shows median household income in the potential service area. The average household income
in the entire area is approximately $91,000 for Mountain View, $114,000 for Palo Alto, and $64,000 for
Redwood City. Figures are ESRI estimates for 2015 based on the 2010 census.
4. Review of San Mateo Pilot Program
The City of San Mateo completed a bike share feasibility study in 2013. The City was originally left out of
the Bay Area Bike Share pilot program and the subsequent Motivate expansion of the program. More
recently, the City was approached by Social Bicycles (SoBi) to implement a pilot program of their own
featuring smart bike technology. Because SoBi had already been vetted through an extensive RFP
process and awarded the contract to establish the City of Santa Monica’s Breeze bike share program,
staff at the City of San Mateo reviewed this information and recommended to Council in November
2015 that they be granted a sole source contract to establish a 50 bicycle smart bike system.
Smart bike systems, as opposed to smart dock systems such as the Motivate program, provide the
locking mechanism on the bicycle itself, which offers greater flexibility in where the bicycle can be
parked. SoBi also offers an a‐la‐carte menu of station options. San Mateo is purchasing only the bicycles
and will use regular bike racks to serve as pseudo‐stations. There are also options to purchase custom
built bike racks to give the station a unique look to other street furniture and an option to purchase
kiosks. Because bikes are reserved via mobile phone or online, there is little need for kiosks except at
stations that are likely to receive high casual usage. Because of these choices, the cost of providing
stations is relatively low meaning that creating more stations is possible for the same or lower price.
About the System
Based on discussions with Kathy Kleinbaum at the City of San Mateo and information contained in the
City’s Administrative Report dated November 16, 2015, the following describes some of the key features
of the proposed bike share system:
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The pilot will include 50 smart bikes distributed at 10 to 12 hubs.
The program will be named “Bay Bikes” and the system will be branded using a light blue color
that will be distinguishable from the Motivate program.
The City used TDM funding allocated from developers to purchase the bicycles. The City did not
take up the option to purchase custom bike racks or kiosks. They will use regular U‐racks with a
vinyl wrap to distinguish them from other city bike racks.
The City will own the program and its assets. A local non‐profit called Bikes Make Life Better will
operate and maintain the system performing day‐to‐day operations such cleaning the stations,
repairing the bikes, and rebalancing the bikes between stations. SoBi will be responsible for
creating and maintaining the website and mobile phone‐based membership and reservation
system as well as performing revenue collection and disbursement.
The San Mateo program will have a different pricing structure to the Motivate system. Users can
sign up for a membership for $15/month with which they receive one hour of free riding time
per day. For casual users, and annual members exceeding their one hour of riding time, the cost
is $5/hour, prorated to the nearest minute. There is a $3 fee for locking the bike outside a hub
and a $1 credit for returning a bike that is parked outside to a hub. There is also a $100 fee for
parking the bicycle outside of the service area (likely to be the City boundaries).
The City is seeking sponsorship. They are offering the bike basket and online assets to a
potential sponsors. Other bike elements will likely be retained for system branding.
Currently, a user travelling between San Mateo and one of the BABS pilot cities would need to
maintain two separate bike share memberships to be able to use bike share in both cities.
The City is intending to pilot the program for three years and evaluate the program based on
overall usage and customer experience. At the end of the pilot term, the City can decide to
continue the program, expand it, or to terminate it.
The City is hoping to launch the system in May 2016.
Potential for Expansion of the San Mateo Bike Share Program
The introduction of a second bike share system to the Peninsula offers some opportunities and some
challenges. There may be an opportunity to expand this system to the other peninsula cities to create a
peninsula region bike share system.
Opportunities
Regional Expansion – San Mateo has kept open the option for regional expansion to other cities.
They have named the program “Bay Bikes” to leave open this possibility and to create a regional
brand. They are also open to different regional governance models including the Cities working
together under an MOU or turning the system over to a non‐profit or some other model.
Cost – the a‐la‐carte nature of SoBi’s pricing structure means that per station capital costs are
lower. The cost per station is reduced by purchasing fewer kiosks and having the flexibility to
use regular bike racks in place of customized docking points.
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Flexibility – smart bike systems allow users to park bicycles at or near hubs or at any location
outside of a hub for an additional fee. This provides more flexibility in suburban settings where
destinations are more spread out and would require a large number of stations.
Challenges
The following aspects of the San Mateo system may hinder expansion capabilities.
Inter‐operability – Smart dock bikes cannot be locked at smart bike hubs (as they need a custom
docking point to lock to). However, smart bike systems can be locked at any bike rack in a smart
dock area. Because of the distances between San Mateo and the other systems, it is unlikely to
be an issue that a smart dock bike would be ridden between systems. However, as program
areas expand over time, this may become more of an issue.
System Integration and Different Pricing Structures – Users of the San Mateo system will need
to maintain two memberships if they also use the Bay Area Bike Share program in another city.
SoBi and Motivate may over time offer reciprocal membership where a membership card for
one system may provide access to the other system. However, it will still be necessary for users
to maintain two accounts or be aware of the two different pricing structures. It would also
require some form of revenue sharing agreement between the two companies.
5. Future Funding Opportunities
MTC has continued to express interest in funding bike share equipment. It is expected that in the next
few months MTC will release a regional call to fund bike share programs. MTC has $4.5 million in
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds that can be used to purchase capital equipment for
bike share. As is the case with any bike share program funded under CMAQ, operations and
maintenance funds are not eligible. It is expected that these funds will be released in two phases with
approximately $2.25 available in the first phase. While MTC is currently developing the program, it will
most likely be a competitive program with priority given to communities that have done planning or
feasibility studies. It is expected that a draft of this call will be released in March of 2016.
There is also activity at a national level to clarify funding for bike share programs. The Bike Share Transit
Act, introduced to Congress at the beginning of 2016, would make federal funds for bike share available
through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and make it clear that bike share projects and
associated equipment are eligible for federal transit funds and CMAQ. This may change some of the
eligibility of projects and may allow operations and maintenance as an eligible expense.
While the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) funded the initial Bay Area Pilot
Program, they have not made a clear determination if future Transportation For Clean Air (TFCA) funds
will be available to fund bike share programs. MTC and BAAQMD conducted an evaluation of bike share
under the Climate Initiative Program and bike share had a high cost per ton of CO2 reduced and minimal
reductions of other criteria pollutants. The program evaluates projects based on the cost effectiveness
of improving air quality and while bike share may have other benefits, the Climate Initiatives evaluation
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showed high capital costs mostly due to a lack of any other subsidy such as sponsorship and the upfront
capital costs associated with the program.
There are many other funding opportunities that could be explored further. Some of those that have
been successfully implemented elsewhere include:
Travel Demand Management (TDM) and developer traffic impact fees going towards purchase
of bike share equipment, as is being used to fund San Mateo’s pilot program.
Seeking a system sponsor to help fund capital or operations and maintenance. Corporate
memberships could be offered as part of a sponsorship deal or independently.
Integrating bike share stations into other infrastructure improvements as part of other capital
projects such as roadway reconstructions, trail construction, parking improvements, Caltrain
station improvement plans, etc.
Revenue sharing agreement with transit providers that integrate bike share into the transit fare
structure (this has not yet been implemented in the United States).
Crowdsource funding has been used in Kansas City to fund bike share stations in communities
that want to expedite bike share in their neighborhoods.
There may be other grants available to fund different elements or specific programs related to
bike share, e.g., public health and equity partnerships and grants may be available.
Attachment D -
MEMORANDUM
Project: Bay Area Bike Share – Peninsula Communities Strategic Plan
Subject: Deliverable 3 – Program Options
Date: March 15, 2016
To: Melissa Reggiardo, SamTrans
From: Sean Co and Adrian Witte, Toole Design Group
CC: Peninsula Bike Share Working Group
This memorandum is the third of a series of memoranda to help Redwood City, Palo Alto, and Mountain
View (referred to as “the peninsula cities”) make their decision on how to move forward with bike share.
It includes:
1. A summary of four potential system options that the peninsula cities could pursue including a
streamlined, no‐gap‐in‐service scenario; a streamlined, new vendor scenario; and expanded
system options with either the current vendor or a new vendor.
2. A review of procurement options to understand potential gaps in service and how to work
regionally if a new vendor or operator is to be procured.
3. A review of potential regional governance options for the peninsula communities to move
forward with a coordinated program.
4. Funding options including a review of how cities might be able to fund capital for their systems
and short‐and long‐term operations.
1. Service Scenarios
The Peninsula Bike Share Technical Committee discussed possible service options for bike share service
in their communities. Firstly, in the interim, that the current pilot program be “streamlined” in each city.
In Redwood City, staff felt that streamlined service would remove the two lowest performing stations to
operate with fewer, well‐performing stations. In Palo Alto and Mountain View, staff felt that
streamlining the system could occur by relocating under‐performing stations to better performing
locations and/or adding a few new stations at key attractions and destinations.
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Longer term, the peninsula cities might look to greatly increase the size of the program to between 30 to
40 stations to add significant utility to the program. This size increase comes with much greater capital
and operating costs. Under any service scenario, any new equipment and operations would need to be
funded by the cities and sources for this funding would need to be identified. The larger scale program
increases this commitment.
The general consensus of the Technical Committee is that there are already two bike share equipment
vendors operating on the peninsula and it seems confusing and challenging to introduce a third (or
more) vendors. That means that the peninsula cities will chose between the Motivate and the Social
Bikes equipment assuming this fits with their procurement protocols. However, the cities can decide
between one of the existing vendors (Motivate or Bikes Make Life Better) or select a new vendor or
vendors to operate their systems.
Distilling all of this information, four service options were considered for cost analysis:
1. Streamlined service, current vendor: streamline the number of stations in each city, purchase
any additional equipment needed, and pay Motivate to continue operations. This option results
in no gap in service. Cost estimates are based on quoted rates from Motivate (assuming less
than 1.0 trip per bike per day).
2. Streamlined service, new vendor: streamline the number of stations in each city, procure a new
equipment vendor (Social Bikes) and operator to take over operations. Cities could add on to the
Bikes Make Life Better operating contract with San Mateo or procure a different operator. Cost
estimates are based on capital costs quoted by Social Bikes and operating costs procured by the
City of San Mateo.
3. Expanded service, current vendor: applying a target size of 35 stations to each city, this scenario
would continue with the current vendor and operator. This option results in no gap in service.
Cost estimates are based on quoted rates from Motivate (assuming less than 1.0 trips per bike
per day).
4. Expanded service, new vendor: applying a target size of 35 stations to each city, this scenario
would procure a new vendor (Social Bikes) and operator. Cities could add on to the Bikes Make
Life Better operating contract with San Mateo or procure a different operator. Cost estimates
are based on capital costs quoted by Social Bikes and operating costs procured by the City of San
Mateo.
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System Plans
Service areas were developed for each city for the full build‐out scenario by applying stations to meet
target coverage and station densities and then adjusted for key attractions and destinations. City staff
were asked to identify what a streamlined service would look like in each of their cities.
Mountain View, as part of planning for initial Bay Area pilot program had identified 11 station locations
that they took through their internal approval process and proposed to the pilot program. The pilot
launched with only 7 station locations including 2 that were the recommendation of the operator. The
City has since relocated these 2 stations to their preferred locations. A streamlined service in Mountain
View would include the existing 7 locations and add 4 stations as shown on Figure 1.
In Palo Alto, streamlined service would include 13 stations ‐the 5 existing stations, 5 stations identified
for private funding, and 3 new stations (for which the City of Palo Alto submitted a TFCA grant
application in March 2016). These are shown on Figure 2. The new stations will add density in
Downtown Palo Alto and at the California Avenue Caltrain station and provide stations directly serving
the Stanford Medical Center and the Stanford Research Park.
Staff suggested that the most effective way to streamline service in Redwood City may be to actually
reduce the system to the best performing stations. This would help boost ridership metrics and reduce
operating costs. The streamlined system would reduce to 5 stations as shown on Figure 3. Staff
indicated that they would be willing to talk to Motivate to allow their 2 unused stations to be
transferred to Mountain View and/or Palo Alto.
System Costs
Capital and net operating costs were calculated for each of the scenarios describe above. Table 1 shows
a breakdown of capital (including installation) costs, operating costs, estimates of potential user
revenues (from membership and overage fees), and net operating costs for each city and for the
collective program.
Capital and O&M costs are generally well known and are outlined in the table footnotes. User revenues
are more difficult to calculate are a combination of annual and casual membership sales and usage fees.
Annual and casual membership sales are calculated as the number of annual or casual members
(assumed to grow from existing membership levels in proportion to the number of stations in the
system) multiplied by the cost of an annual or casual membership ($88 or $9 respectively). Usage fees
are calculated first by estimating the number of annual trips from the equations developed as part of
Deliverable 1 (and assuming a station density of 8 stations per square mile). Trips are then broken down
into annual and casual member trips based on existing ratios in each city. Annual member trips are
multiplied by the average overage fee recouped per annual member trip for the pilot program of $0.12
per trip. Casual user trips are multiplied by the average overage fee recouped per casual user trip for the
pilot program of $8.79 per trip.
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Figure 1: Streamlined (Phase 1) and Full Build‐Out Scenarios for Mountain View Bike Share.
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Figure 2: Streamlined (Phase 1) and Full Build‐Out Scenarios for Palo Alto Bike Share.
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Figure 3: Streamlined (Phase 1) and Full Build‐Out Scenarios for Redwood City Bike Share.
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Table 1: Cost Scenarios (assumes one year of operations)
OPTION 1
Streamlined service,
current vendor
(no‐gap‐in‐service)
OPTION 2
Streamlined service,
new vendors
OPTION 3
Expanded service,
current vendor
OPTION 4
Expanded service,
new vendors
CAPITAL Motivate Social Bikes Motivate Social Bikes
Mountain View
$180,000
Receive 1 station from
RWC, purchase 3 new
stations
$335,000
Purchase 11 stations from
new vendor
$1,665,000
Purchase 28 new stations
$1,075,000
Purchase 35 new stations
Palo Alto
$415,000
Receive 1 stations from
RWC, purchase 7 new
stations
$400,000
Purchase 10 stations from
new vendor
$1,785,000
Purchase 29 new stations
$1,075,000
Purchase 35 new stations
Redwood City ‐
Give 1 station to MV and 1
station to PA
$150,000
Purchase 5 stations from
new vendor
$1,665,000
Purchase 29 new stations
$1,075,000
Purchase 35 new stations
Total Capital
Cost $595,000 $885,000 $5,115,000 $3,225,000
OPERATIONS
(REVENUE) Motivate New Operator Motivate New Operator
NET COST
$280,000 $250,000 $900,000 $735,000
Mountain View ($65,000) ($65,000) ($290,000) ($290,000)
$215,000 $185,000 $610,000 $445,000
$335,000 $290,000 $900,000 $735,000
Palo Alto ($115,000) ($115,000) ($565,000) ($565,000)
$220,000 $175,000 $335,000 $170,000
$130,000 $130,000 $900,000 $735,000
Redwood City ($20,000) ($20,000) ($285,000) ($285,000)
$110,000 $110,000 $615,000 $450,000
Net Operating
Cost (per year) $545,000 $470,000 $1,560,000 $1,065,000
Notes:
1. Motivate retains ownership of existing stations in the pilot cities, but there is no capital cost to the peninsula cities to retain these stations.
2. New stations cost $55,503.56 per station plus a $4,000 per station installation cost based on Motivate quoted prices for a 19 dock station and
10 bikes per station.
3. All new equipment would be required if Social Bikes was selected. New stations cost $33,550 per station plus $4,000 per station for
installation based on prices quoted by Social Bikes for an equivalent 10 bike hub with 19 customized bike racks and a kiosk. Kiosks provided at
one‐third of stations. A $10,000 start‐up cost for website design is also included in this price.
4. Operating cost of $112.50 per dock per month based on quoted rates from Motivate, assuming less than 1.0 trips per bike per day.
5. Operating costs based on rates procured by the City of San Mateo. This includes a $150 per bike operating cost, plus a $100 per bike per year
allowance for replacement parts, a $2,500 per month software license fee, an $8 per bike per month platform connectivity fee, and a $50 per
kiosk per month kiosk connectivity fee.
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2. Procurement Options
Staying with Motivate requires no procurement (Options 1 and 3). For this reason there is no gap in
service under these options. For the other service options where a new vendor (either for equipment,
operations, or both) needs to be procured, there is likely to be some downtime between the end of one
service and the start of another.
Cities could procure individually or in some collective format. Equipment and operators could be
procured separately in each city. Procuring separately for equipment could create the scenario of
different, incompatible vendors between cities. However, procuring separate operators could be of
benefit to each city to allow them to prioritize different price points, service levels, and other features.
For example, Mountain View may want to select a private operator with high service levels, but at a
higher price point than Redwood City, who may be prepared to accept lower service levels and a non‐
profit operator for a lower cost.
Based on discussion with staff at the City of San Mateo, the City was able to procure Social Bikes
equipment without having to issue an RFP because of a number of factors. Firstly, another charter city
(Santa Monica) went through a similar evaluation process to select Social Bikes as their vendor;
secondly, the amount of the procurement was relatively low (less than $100,000); and lastly, they had a
cost proposal from Motivate to compare to so the project was not sole source per se. These factors
allowed staff to recommend to Council that the City purchase equipment from Social Bikes. These same
opportunities may exist in the other Peninsula cities too.
Another way to coordinate procurement would be for an agency to lead the procurement with others
joining in. The City of Palo Alto has expressed interest that they would take the lead on procurement if
necessary.
3. Regional Governance Options
There are any number of ways for a bike share system to be organized and each city or region evaluates
their specific needs to determine which model works best for the funding, geographical, and political
environments of that area. A series of questions were designed to narrow down the potential
governance options. This flow chart is shown on Figure 4.
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Figure 4: Peninsula Bike Share Governance Structure Options Flowchart.
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The flow chart shows that there are several viable options to create a regional bike share program in the
Peninsula cities. These include:
Cities work together under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) framework. This is the
model used by the Boston area’s Hubway system and for the Capital Bikeshare program in the
Washington, D.C. area. Under this structure, an MOU would be developed between the
participating cities that outlines collective program decisions such as system branding, pricing
structure, revenue collection and distribution, marketing and fundraising responsibilities, etc.
Creating capacity outside of the city structures through the creation of a new non‐profit
organization to take on responsibility for the bike share program. The non‐profit may also take
on operations or contract out these services. This is the model used for Nice Ride Minnesota and
Cincinnati Red Bike (the former operating in multiple cities and the latter operating in multiple
cities across state lines).
Caltrain owned and operated program. This model is similar to the structure being used by LA
Metro in Los Angeles where an agency that spans the entire region takes on the responsibility of
the bike share program. Caltrain, although present in each community, does not have as much
influence over the whole system area as would a regional planning or transit agency. Also, this
model depends on interest and capacity within Caltrain that may not exist. Further discussions
would be needed to pursue this model.
Of the two most likely options, a collective MOU structure is the most expedient, maximizes control and
involvement for each of the cities, and is the most cost‐effective option. However, it relies on all of the
participating cities to be on‐board with this model and commit the necessary staff and financial
resources to operate the program. The peninsula cities have a good history of working together
cooperatively.
The non‐profit model would take the financial and public image risks of the program away from the city
agencies. Non‐profit operators also tend to be able to manage costs and can attract the greatest variety
of funding sources. However, a new non‐profit would take considerable time to establish and would
turn over control of the program. Staff capacity for the non‐profit would need to be built and a funding
source established to build this capacity.
As we have seen in the previous deliverables, the data suggests that the three (or more) systems
working together offers benefits to bike share members on the Peninsula and in the rest of the region.
The decision to work together to provide a unified bike share system ultimately rests with the individual
cities. The Motivate bike share system offers substantial benefits to the Bay Area region with the
possibility of rapid expansion into the East Bay and with large numbers of bikes not previously available
with pubic funds. However the Motivate expansion may have inadvertently caused a fracture in bike
share transportation for the region by causing cities not included in the expansion to examine their own
options for bike share ‐which may include independent systems. The Bay Area is already burdened with
27 transit operators and regional coordination among them remains challenging. Should the Peninsula
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cities decide that a coordinated bike share model does not work, there are options for bike share which
include independent programs and discontinuation of the service.
Independent Programs
Should the timing and coordination of a single regional system not fit into bike share plans for the cities,
individual cities may want to move forward with the implementation of bike share on their own. The
City of San Mateo has already moved forward with a small Social Bike system. The San Mateo system is
independent of the Motivate system requiring members to sign up for the system even if they have a
membership with Motivate. This is less than ideal from a customer service perspective requiring people
that may live in San Mateo but work in San Francisco to carry two membership fobs with different
pricing and different back‐end customer service and membership systems.
Moving independently allowed San Mateo to use available funds to quickly implement a system without
waiting for other cities to come online. This option may become necessary if one or two of the Peninsula
cities decide to discontinue bike share or move with a technology option that is different from each
other.
Discontinuing Bike Share
Should the cities decide that there is not political support or funding available for bike share, the
Motivate program can be discontinued thereby ending the pilot program. Supporters of bike share
including the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and other advocacy groups may continue to lobby for bike
share making that decision a political challenge. If bike share were to be removed, the interest and
momentum would have subsided, making it difficult to bring bike share back at a future date. Funds that
are available for bike share would be spent on other projects and the current regional bike share
expansion funds may not be available in future years.
4. Funding Options
Capital
Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ)
MTC is in the process of developing guidelines for a standalone CMAQ funded grant program to
specifically fund bike share. It is expected the program will total $4.5 million and will be released in two
calls with the first call expected in the spring of 2016. Since the program is funded with CMAQ it is
expected that it will cover equipment only and not operations and maintenance.
Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA)
The TFCA fund has two parts, the Regional Fund and the County Program Manager Fund. The Air District
is no longer accepting applications for bike share under the Regional Fund as an eligible expense.
However bike share is still eligible under the County Program Manager Fund. To apply to the County
Program Manager Fund, projects are submitted directly to the County Congestion Management
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Agencies. Projects must include a cost/effective measure that shows that bike share is able to achieve a
$500,000 per ton reduction for emissions. TFCA funds can be used to fund operations and maintenance
for bike share for up to 5 years. It is worth noting that even though operations and maintenance for bike
share are eligible, it is unlikely these expenses would make the application competitive. The cost
effectiveness calculations are based on the number of bikes for a system. Any additional funds
requested in the application that does not increase the number of bikes reduces the cost effectiveness
number.
Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP)
The Active Transportation Program (ATP) is a new funding source in California that can be used to fund
bicycle and pedestrian capital projects and plans. The program is a combination of different federal and
state funding sources including the federal Transportation Alternative Program and Highway Safety
Improvement Program. The state funds are part of the State Highway Account funds. Cycle 2 of the
program was over programmed by $360 million over 3 fiscal years. The call for Cycle 3, which will cover
fiscal years 2019/20 and 2020/21, will have applications due to Caltrans on June 15, 2016. Any grant
requests will cover equipment but will be unlikely to cover ongoing operations and maintenance.
Operations
There may be some initial seed money available to either sustain interim operations or start new
service. Given that MTC will no longer be funding the Bay Area Bike Share program, Samtrans and VTA
will receive back their share of user revenues collected from the pilot program. This can be distributed
to the peninsula cities for expenses related to bike share, operations, and capital incurred during the
pilot program. It is expected that there is $281,000 in total and these funds can be used for continuation
of the program. Based on the net operating cost shown in Table 1, this would allow a streamlined
system to continue to operate under the current vendor for approximately 6 months.
Longer‐term, the program would need to find one or more sponsors to fill the expected gap between
operating costs and system revenues. Any shortfall would need to be funded by the program owner
(e.g., the city, a non‐profit, etc.).
5. Next Steps
Different equipment and operator scenarios will be discussed at the March committee meeting.
Following that, the cities need to make some decisions about their internal goals and interests for bike
share and decide if they’d like to move forward: (1) with bike share; and (2) as a region or as individual
entities. The decision to move forward with bike share or not will likely come down to each city’s
funding capacity – particularly to meet any operating shortfall. This needs to be tested and
opportunities sought to secure capital and operating funds.
Assuming the cities decide to move forward collectively with bike share, they will need to decide how
they would like to move forward – under what governance structure. The most expedient model would
be to operate under a collective agreement that outlines regional versus local decisions, identifies roles
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and responsibilities for each partner, outlines how decisions will be made, and specifies cost and
revenue sharing agreements between the partners. This does not preclude transitioning to a different
model over time. For example, a non‐profit could be formed to take over long‐term operations of the
program if internal capacity or risk become issues.
Once a governance structure is decided, the cities much chose between the existing equipment provider
and operator or whether to go out to bid for a new vendor. A common procurement process will be
necessary – with the ability for one city to lead the process and others to be able to add‐on to the
contract with the selected vendor. The feasibility of this process should be determined with the cities’
procurement departments.
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City HallCITY OF SAN MATEO 330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403 www.cityofsanmateo.org
Administrative Report
Agenda Number: 15., Status: New Business
TO: City Council
FROM: Larry A. Patterson, City Manager
PREPARED BY: City Manager’s Office
MEETING DATE: Monday, November 16, 2015
SUBJECT: Pilot Bike Share Program Implementation
RECOMMENDATION
Approve a purchase contract with Social Bicycles and a services agreement with Bikes Make Life Better to develop a pilot bike share program in San Mateo and adopt a Resolution to approve a revision to the Comprehensive Fee Schedule for 2015-2016 to add bike sharing program user fees and authorize the City
Manager to execute both documents.
BACKGROUND
A bike share system consists of a network of bikes placed at hubs throughout a region that can be used on an hourly basis by system members. Bike sharing is a cost-effective mobility option that assists with last mile
connectivity within a transportation system. Bike share programs have been adopted by more than 300 other
cities worldwide, including San Francisco, San Jose, and Redwood City in the Bay Area.
The City of San Mateo Bicycle Master Plan directs the City to explore the feasibility of implementing a bike
share program within the City. In March 2013, the City completed a Bike Share Feasibility Study that determined that a successful program could be established within San Mateo. The City had originally hoped to
participate in the regional Bay Area Bike Share program that was organized by the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC). However, the bike share provider for that program, Motivate, has decided to limit their program in the future to just a few larger cities in the region.
The City has been approached by an alternative bike share provider, Social Bicycles (SoBi), to implement a 50 -bike pilot bike share program within San Mateo. SoBi operates successful bike share programs within several
North American cities, including Long Beach, Tampa, Phoenix, and Hamilton, Canada, and is in the process of launching new systems in Portland and Santa Monica. If successful, the bike share program in San Mateo will be expanded to a regional system, including other Peninsula and Silicon Valley communities. SoBi bicycles
has partnered with Bikes Make Life Better, a local bicycle program operator, to operate the bike share program in San Mateo.
The City of Santa Monica went through an extensive RFP process to select SoBi. Staff has reviewed their RFP materials and selection criteria and believes that SoBi offers the best fit system for San Mateo. As a
result, staff recommends the sole-source award of the bike share system to SoBi. The City has the authority to
sole source this contract under Municipal Code Section 3.60.050 which states that a contract can be sole sourced if calling for bids would be unavailing. Given how recently Santa Monica’s RFP was issued and the
recent decision of Motivate not to operate on the Peninsula, staff does not believe that an RFP would result in
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a different outcome and would significantly delay the launch of a bike share system in San Mateo.
Smart Bike System The SoBi bike share system is a “smart bike” system as opposed to the smart hub system used by the Bay
Area Bike Share program. A smart bike system is one where the technology for locating, renting, releasing
and locking is on the bikes themselves, as opposed to on the bike racks. This system has significant advantages in that the bikes can be parked at standard bike racks allowing for more flexibility at siting bike
hubs, locking bikes mid-reservation, and allowing bikes to be left at non-hub locations at the end of a
reservation.
Smart bike systems can be implemented at a significantly lower capital cost than smart hub systems since
they do not require that a pay kiosk be incorporated into each station. Instead, each bike is capable of accepting payments and releasing the bike-locking mechanism independently via mobile and web-based
software that interacts with the smart bike hardware. Smart bike systems are easier to scale and can be successful with a small system such as the one proposed in San Mateo.
San Mateo System The proposed San Mateo pilot bike share system will consist of 50 bikes spread out over a total of 10 to 12
hubs. The locations of the hubs have yet to be determined but will follow the guidance provided by the 2013
Bike Share Feasibility Study and will target transit nodes, large employers, retail districts, and high density housing sites. The City intends to use existing bike racks located throughout San Mateo for the program but
may supplement some locations with additional bike racks to ensure adequate capacity. A typical hub would
have roughly 4 bikes though some hubs will be larger, such as those located at the Caltrain stations.
In order to develop and operate this system, the City first needs to purchase the bikes from SoBi and then
enter into a services agreement with Bikes Make Life Better and SoBi to operate and maintain the system. Bikes Make Life Better would serve as the prime contractor to the City and SoBi would be a subcontractor
under the proposed agreement. Bikes Make Life Better will be responsible for the day-to-day on-the-ground
operations of the program, which includes repositioning the bikes between hubs, repairs and maintenance of the bikes. SoBi will be in charge of the web and mobile application-based membership and reservation system
and the revenue collection and remittance. The City is intending to pilot the program for a 3-year trial basis
and evaluate the program based on overall usage and customer experience. At the end of this term, the City can decide to continue the program, expand it, or to terminate it.
The draft purchase contract with SoBi is included as Attachment 2 to this report. The contract is for an amount not to exceed $85,000. Staff is still finalizing negotiations on the language in Section 7, Indemnity and
Limitation of Liability with SoBi. If any further modifications are made to this section following the publication of this report, staff will provide an updated contract to City Council at the meeting. Following the execution of the
contract, SoBi bikes will place the order for the system bikes. The bikes take roughly 6 months to manufacture.
The City hopes to launch the program in May 2016. A rendering of the proposed design for the bike share bikes is included as Attachment 4 to this report.
The draft services agreement with Bikes Make Life Better is included as Attachment 3 to this report. The contract amount of $293,000 is based on per bike service fee of $1,800 per year for a three year period plus
an additional start-up fee of $23,000 for system implementation.
Test Phase
Bikes Make Life Better and SoBi will be running a 10-bike test phase in San Mateo that is expected to launch
a few months in advance of the implementation of the full system. This program will feature 3 bike hubs at the Downtown Caltrain station, the Hillsdale Caltrain station, and within Bay Meadows at the Nueva School
property. This phase will allow the City to test the functionality of the program with a small group of users and to make adjustments to the operating model, as necessary. In addition, having bike share bikes at prominent
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locations will build interest and awareness in the bike share program. SoBi bikes will be providing the City with
the 10 test bikes at no cost and will roll them into the larger 50 bike system. As a result, the City will only have
to pay for the purchase of 40 bikes. The City will pay Bikes Make Life Better a nominal fee of $110 per month per bike for operating test phase program which will include repositioning the bikes between the 3 hubs a
couple of times a day and maintaining the bikes during this period.
User Fees
The City worked closely with SoBi to develop program user fees that are consistent with their other bike share
programs. The proposed fees are as follows:
· $3 per half hour pay-as-you go use
· $5 per hour for pay-as-you go use
· $15 per month for a monthly membership (which includes 1 hour of use per day)
· $3 fee for locking bikes outside of a bicycle hub
· $100 for locking bikes outside of the bike share system boundaries (likely contiguous with City boundaries).
These fees would apply during the 10-bike test phase and throughout the initial roll-out of the program and will be evaluated on an annual basis. The revenues from the user fees will help offset the annual operating costs
of the program. In order to implement these bike share use fees, it is necessary to amend the Comprehensive
Fee Schedule for 2015-2016. Attachment 1 includes the proposed resolution amending the Comprehensive Fee Schedule and the detailed fee structure.
Sponsorships The City intends to seek out sponsors for the bike share system to further offset the annual operating costs.
The City plans to approach major employers and property owners within the City. The sponsorships would be
available on an annual basis and sponsors would be able to display their logo on the baskets of the bicycles. The City will retain the right to review and approve the sponsors and their logos to ensure appropriateness.
BUDGET IMPACT The capital purchase costs and on-going annual operations will be paid from Project 465004 (Citywide Bike
and Pedestrian Path Improvements Project). The initial capital costs to set up the bike share program are $85,000. This cost includes the provision of 40 bicycles. The bicycle provider, Social Bicycles, will provide the City with the 10 bikes used for the test phase at no cost. The services agreement with Bikes Make Life Better
is for a fee not to exceed $293,000, which includes the start-up implementation expenses and operations for a three-year period. This cost will be offset by revenues from user fees and any sponsorships that the City
attains which will be deposited back to Project 465004 to offset the expenses. Staff estimates that system
revenues and sponsorships will cover approximately 50% of the operating costs in the first year and will eventually cover the full operating costs once the system reaches a stabilization level.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION The adoption of a pilot bike share program is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15061(b)(3) in
that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant
effect on the environment.
NOTICE PROVIDED
All meeting noticing requirements were met.
ATTACHMENTS
Att 1 - Proposed Resolution Att 2 - Purchase Contract with Social Bicycles
Att 3 - Agreement for Services with Bikes Make Life Better
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Att 4 - Rendering of San Mateo Bike Share bicycle
STAFF CONTACT Kathy Kleinbaum, Senior Management Analyst
kkleinbaum@cityofsanmateo.org
(650)522-7153
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Attachment F -
PURCHASE CONTRACT
FOR BIKE SHARE EQUIPMENT
FROM SOCIAL BICYCLES INC.
This Purchase Contract (the “Contract”), made and entered into this 17th day of November, 2015, by
and between the CITY OF SAN MATEO, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State
of California (the "CITY"), and SOCIAL CYCLES INC, a Delaware Corporation ("VENDOR").
R E C I T A L S:
A. The CITY desires to purchase certain smart bicycles hereinafter described for a bicycle
sharing program (the “Bicycle Sharing Program”) in the City of San Mateo, California.
B. The CITY desires to engage VENDOR to provide these smart bicycles by reason of its
qualifications and experience and VENDOR has offered to provide the required goods on the terms and in the manner set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1 - PURCHASE
The goods to be purchased from VENDOR under this Contract are described in Exhibit A to this
Contract, which is attached and incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2 – PRICE AND TAXES
All prices shall be as stated in this Contract and are firm and not subject to escalation except as stated in
Exhibit A. This purchase is subject to all California sales tax. Municipalities are exempt from federal
excise and transportation taxes. Prices shall exclude these taxes.
SECTION 3 – PAYMENT
Payment terms shall be as stated in Exhibit A. Invoices must cite the purchase order number to prevent
delay in payment. All invoices must be mailed to City of San Mateo, Attn: Accounts Payable, 330
West 20th Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403.
SECTION 4 – DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE
If delivery of goods cannot be made at the specified time, VENDOR shall promptly notify the CITY of
the earliest possible date for delivery. The CITY’S receipt or acceptance of all or part of a non-conforming delivery shall not constitute a waiver of any claim, right, or remedy the CITY has under this
Contract or applicable law.
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SECTION 5 – SHIPMENT AND INSPECTION
VENDOR assumes full responsibility for all transportation, transportation scheduling, packing,
handling, insurance, and other services associated with delivery of all products. No charges for
transportation containers, packing, etc., will be allowed unless so specified in this Contract or Exhibit A. All shipments shall be F.O.B. City of San Mateo. Transportation charges shall be shown as a separate item on the invoice.
The CITY may revise shipping instructions as to any goods not as yet shipped. The CITY shall have the
right to inspect any or all of the goods at VENDOR’s place of business or upon receipt by the CITY. By reason of its failure to inspect the goods, the CITY shall not be deemed to have accepted any defective goods or goods which do not conform to the specifications provided or to have waived any of the
CITY’S rights or remedies arising by virtue of such defects or non-conformance. VENDOR shall be
responsible for payment of shipping for the return of any defective goods. Shipping documents and
invoices must cite the Purchase Order number.
SECTION 6 – WARRANTIES
VENDOR warrants that the new products delivered hereunder shall be free from defects in
workmanship and materials and in conformity with all samples, drawings, descriptions and specifications furnished by VENDOR for (i) thirty-six (36) months from the delivery date in the case of the frames of each bicycle and (ii) twelve (12) months from the delivery date in the case of the locks and
all other components and accessories of the products. The warranty excludes damage caused by
accidents, misuse, weather events, vandalism, neglect, and improper maintenance.
In addition, VENDOR is providing ten (10) used bicycles to the CITY. The CITY expressly acknowledges and agrees that it is acquiring the used bicycles from VENDOR on an “AS IS, WHERE
IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS” basis, without representations, warranties, or covenants of any kind or
nature.
VENDOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE PRODUCTS PROVIDED HEREUNDER OR COMPONENTS THEREOF,
WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.
SECTION 7 – INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
VENDOR agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the CITY, its elected and appointed officials,
employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, loss, liability, damage, and expense to the
extent resulting from or arising out of VENDOR’s delivery of the bicycles under this Contract, except to
the extent: (a) caused by the CITY or its employees, officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, licensees or invitees; or (b) caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the CITY or its
employees, officers, agents, contractors, subcontractors, licensees or invitees. VENDOR agrees to
defend the CITY, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents against any such claims.
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SECTION 8 – TERMINATION
This Contract may be terminated by mutual consent of both parties or by the CITY at its discretion. The
CITY may cancel an order for goods at any time with written notice to VENDOR, stating the extent and
effective date of termination. Upon receipt of this written notice, VENDOR shall stop performance under this Contract as directed by the CITY. If the Contract is terminated, VENDOR shall be paid in accordance with the Contract for all work commenced or performed by VENDOR prior to the date of
termination that cannot be cancelled, meaning that VENDOR has already incurred costs for such work
and such costs cannot be refunded. For any such work, when practicable, VENDOR agrees to use best
efforts to assist the CITY in finding a suitable buyer for the goods.
SECTION 9 – REMEDIES
In the event of VENDOR’s breach of this Contract, the CITY may take any or all of the following
actions, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies available to the CITY by law: (a) require Vendor to repair or replace such goods, and upon VENDOR’S failure or refusal to do so, repair or replace the same at VENDOR’S expense; and (b) reject any shipment or delivery containing defective or
nonconforming goods and return for credit or replacement at VENDOR’S option, said return to be made
at VENDOR’S cost and risk. In the event of the CITY’s breach hereunder, VENDOR’S exclusive
remedy shall be VENDOR’S recovery of the goods or the purchase price payable for goods shipped or work commenced or performed prior to such breach.
SECTION 10 – COMPLIANCE WITH LAW
VENDOR warrants that it will comply with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations applicable to its performance under this Contract. VENDOR shall obtain and maintain throughout the life of the Contract all permits or licenses required in connection with the manufacture,
sale, and shipment of the products ordered under this Contract.
SECTION 11 – ASSIGNMENT
VENDOR shall not delegate or subcontract any duties and services or assign any rights or claims under
this Contract without the CITY’S prior written consent.
SECTION 12 – ARTWORK, DESIGNS, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS
VENDOR hereby agrees that the sale, use, or incorporation into manufactured products of all machines,
software, hardware, materials and other devices furnished under this Contract are free and clear of
infringement of any valid patent, copyright, or trademark. VENDOR shall hold the CITY harmless from
any and all costs and expenses, including attorney fees, liability, and loss of any kind growing out of claims, suits, or actions alleging such infringement, and VENDOR agrees to defend such claims, suits,
or actions.
SECTION 13 – GOVERNING LAW
This Contract shall be deemed to be made in the State of California and shall in all respects be construed
and governed by the laws of that state.
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SECTION 14 – VENUE
In the event of litigation, venue will be in the County of San Mateo.
SECTION 15 – WAIVER
The waiver of any term, condition, or provision hereof shall not be construed to be a waiver of any other
such term, condition, or provision, nor shall such waiver be deemed a waiver of a subsequent breach of
the same term, condition or provision.
SECTION 16 - COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES
Attorney fees in an amount not exceeding $85 per hour per attorney, and in total amount not exceeding
$5000, shall be recoverable as costs (by the filing of a cost bill) by the prevailing party in any action or
actions to enforce the provisions of this Contract. The above $5000 limit is the total of attorney fees recoverable whether in the trial court, appellate court, or otherwise, and regardless of the number of attorneys, trials, appeals, or actions. It is the intent of this provision that neither party shall have to pay
the other more than $5000 for attorney fees arising out of an action, or actions to enforce the provisions
of this Contract.
SECTION 17 - MEDIATION
Should any dispute arise out of this Contract, any party may request that it be submitted to mediation.
The parties shall meet in mediation within 30 days of a request. The mediator shall be agreed to by the
mediating parties; in the absence of an agreement, the parties shall each submit one name from mediators listed by either the American Arbitration Association, the California State Board of Mediation and Conciliation, or other agreed-upon service. The mediator shall be selected by a "blindfolded"
process.
The cost of mediation shall be borne equally by the parties. Neither party shall be deemed the prevailing party. No party shall be permitted to file a legal action without first meeting in mediation and making a
good faith attempt to reach a mediated settlement. The mediation process, once commenced by a
meeting with the mediator, shall last until agreement is reached by the parties but not more than 60 days,
unless the maximum time is extended by the parties.
SECTION 18 - NOTICES
All notices hereunder shall be given in writing and mailed, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
To CITY: City of San Mateo Attn.: City Manager
330 West 20th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
To VENDOR: Social Bicycles Attn: Ryan Rzepecki, CEO
47 Hall Street, Suite 414
Brooklyn, NY 11205
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SECTION 19 – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE BICYCLE SHARING PROGRAM
The CITY acknowledges that a third party will be responsible for the management and operation of the Bicycle Sharing Program contemplated by this Contract, including but not limited to the rental and
maintenance of the products; the procurement of all parts, tools, labor, and other requirements associated
with maintaining the products; the solicitation and enrollment of subscribed users; the marketing of the
Bicycle Sharing Program; the provision of customer service to subscribed users; and the overall delivery of a safe and reliable program.
VENDOR will, pursuant to a separate agreement, grant the third party provider a non-transferable, non-
sublicensable, non-exclusive, limited right to access and use VENDOR’s software operating platform
for the purpose of enabling the rental of bicycles to subscribed users in the Bicycle Sharing Program.
SECTION 20 – OWNERSHIP OF
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The CITY acknowledges that the goods offered hereunder contain and/or incorporate certain intellectual property rights, including but not limited to trademarks, patent, patent application, moral right, trade
secret, copyright and any applications or right to apply for registration, computer software programs or
applications, tangible or intangible proprietary information, or any other intellectual property rights (the
“Intellectual Property Rights”), that the Intellectual Property Rights used in conjunction with the products are proprietary to VENDOR and/or VENDOR’s suppliers, and that VENDOR and/or its suppliers retain exclusive ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights and all copies thereof provided
under this Contract. The CITY acknowledges that title to the Intellectual Property Rights will remain
with VENDOR and its licensors, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, and that the CITY has
no rights in the Intellectual Property Rights except those expressly granted by this Contract. When used in reference to the Intellectual Property Rights or in reference to Intellectual Property Rights embedded
in the products, the word “purchase” and similar or derivative words are deemed to mean “non-
transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, limited license” to use the Intellectual Property Rights
solely to the extent required for the CITY to use the products provided hereunder in accordance with this
Contract. The CITY acknowledges that it is not entitled to receive the source code of any software. This limited license shall continue until this Contract is terminated, until the license is terminated in
accordance with this Contract, for the useful life of the goods in which the Intellectual Property Rights
are embedded, or for the useful life of the Intellectual Property Rights, whichever is shorter.
Notwithstanding the above and anything contrary in this Contract, in the event the CITY, in accordance
with this Contract and with VENDOR’s prior written approval, transfers title to goods containing or incorporating Intellectual Property Rights, this limited license shall transfer to the CITY’s transferee.
Use of Intellectual Property Rights in violation of this Section shall automatically terminate the limited
license. All data created and/or processed by the products and VENDOR’s software platforms, including
subscribed user data, is and will remain the sole property of VENDOR. The Parties acknowledge that
the data in the CITY’s possession may be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
The CITY shall not directly or indirectly:
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1.1. Sell, lease, license, pledge, sublicense, loan, encumber, or otherwise transfer the Intellectual Property Rights, in whole or in part, to any third party or otherwise make the Intellectual
Property Rights available to any third party, and shall keep the same free from any lien or
encumbrance, or any other claim by a third party;
1.2. Copy, reproduce, or otherwise infringe the Intellectual Property Rights, in whole or in part, with respect to the goods or other materials developed or provided hereunder by VENDOR;
1.3. Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code of
any portion of the Intellectual Property Rights;
1.4. Write or develop any derivative software or any other software program based on the
Intellectual Property Rights;
1.5. Make modifications, corrections, alterations, enhancements, or other additions to the
Intellectual Property Rights;
1.6. Use the Intellectual Property Rights or allow someone to use the Intellectual Property Rights
otherwise than for the Bicycle Sharing Program; or
1.7. Remove or destroy any Marks, proprietary markings, or proprietary legends placed upon or contained with or on any Goods or any related materials or documentation by VENDOR.
Trademarks associated with the CITY and VENDOR are and shall remain the property of the CITY and
Vendor, respectively. Notwithstanding the above and subject to the limitations, terms, and conditions set
forth in this Contract, neither party shall use the other party’s trademarks without the prior written
consent of the other party.
SECTION 21 - FORCE MAJEURE
Neither party shall be liable to the other party for failure or delay in the performance of a required
obligation if such failure or delay is caused by strike, riot, fire, natural disaster, utilities and
communications failures, governmental acts or orders or restrictions, failure of suppliers, or any other reason where failure to perform is beyond the reasonable control of and is not caused by the negligence of the non-performing party, provided that such party gives prompt written notice of such condition and
resumes its performance as soon as possible.
SECTION 22 - CONTRACT CONTAINS ALL UNDERSTANDINGS; AMENDMENT
This document represents the entire and integrated agreement between the CITY and VENDOR and
supersedes all prior negotiations, representations, and agreements, either written or oral.
This document may be amended only by written instrument, signed by both the CITY and VENDOR.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CITY and VENDOR have executed this Contract the day and year first above written.
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Larry A. Patterson, City Manager
ATTEST:
Patrice Olds, City Clerk
SOCIAL BICYCLES, INC.
Ryan Rzepecki, CEO
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Gabrielle Whelan, Assistant City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
BICYCLES
(in United States dollars)
SMART BICYCLE Quantity Price Total
B.1 V3.5 Smart Bicycle 40 1,500$ 60,000$
custom paint and decals (Pantone color palette) included
onboard real-time GPS and accelerometer tracking included
onboard GSM cellular connection included
integrated keypad, LCD screen, and RFID technology included
solar and dynamo power generators included
three-speed hub with shaft drive transmission included
B.2 Replacement Parts and Custom Tools 50 100$ 5,000$
B.3 Exterior Basket Printed Assets and Design Template 50 50$ 2,500$
B.4 Interior Basket Printed Assets and Design Template 50 50$ 2,500$
B.5 Additional Sponsorship Printed Assets and Design Template 50 50$ 2,500$
B.6 Upgrade to Skirt Guard -85$ -$
B.7 Skirt Guard Printed Assets and Design Template -20$ -$
B.8 Upgrade to Eight-Speed Hub with Shaft Drive Transmission -135$ -$
TOTAL SMART BICYCLE COSTS 72,500$
TRANSPORT AND CUSTOMS SERVICES Quantity Price Total
T.1 Smart Bicycle Delivery Services (Item #B.1) 12,500$
T.2 Docking Point Delivery Services (Item #D.1) -$
T.3 Payment Kiosk Delivery Services (Item #S.1) -$
T.4 Panel Delivery Services (Item #S.2 and #S.3) -$
TOTAL TRANSPORT AND CUSTOMS SERVICES COSTS 12,500$
SUMMARY
Initial Goods Purchase and Setup Cost 72,500$
Transport and Customs Services 12,500$
TOTAL UP-FRONT ONE-TIME COSTS 85,000$
TERMS
TERMS
• Fifty percent (50%) of the Total Up-Front One-Time Costs shall be paid by the CITY to VENDOR upon placing a Purchase Order. The
remaining fifty percent (50%) of the Total Up-Front One-Time Costs is due on the delivery date of the applicable Goods.
• The delivery date of the Goods will be six (6) months after submission of a Purchase Order. Purchase Orders shall be deemed submitted when
the CITY’s initial payment and final branding designs are received by VENDOR.
• The prices quoted above are valid for ninety (90) days from the effective date of the Contract.
Social Bicycles Inc. • Brooklyn, NY
Attachment G -
AGREEMENT WITH BIKES MAKE LIFE BETTER, INC. FOR BICYCLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
FOR THE SAN MATEO BIKE SHARE PROGRAM
This Agreement, made and entered into this 17th day of November, 2015, by and between the CITY OF SAN MATEO, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of California ("CITY"), and Bikes Make Life Better, Inc., a California corporation
("CONTRACTOR"), whose address is 879 Hampshire, San Francisco, California 94110.
R E C I T A L S :
A. CITY desires certain bike share program establishment and management services
hereinafter described.
B. CITY desires to engage CONTRACTOR to provide these bike share program services by reason of its qualifications and experience for performing such services and
CONTRACTOR has offered to provide the required services on the terms and in the manner set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1 - SCOPE OF SERVICES
The scope of services to be performed by CONTRACTOR under this Agreement is as described in Exhibit A to this Agreement, which is attached and incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2 - DUTIES OF CONTRACTOR
CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy and
coordination of all work furnished by CONTRACTOR under this Agreement. CONTRACTOR
shall, without additional compensation, correct or revise any errors or deficiencies in its work.
CONTRACTOR represents that it is qualified to furnish the services described under this Agreement.
CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for employing or engaging all persons necessary to
perform the services of CONTRACTOR.
SECTION 3 - DUTIES OF CITY
CITY shall provide pertinent information regarding its requirements for the project.
CITY shall examine documents submitted by CONTRACTOR and shall render decisions
pertaining thereto promptly, to avoid unreasonable delay in the progress of CONTRACTOR'S work.
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SECTION 4 - TERM
The services to be performed under this Agreement shall commence on November 17, 2015, and
be completed on or about June 30, 2019.
SECTION 5 - PAYMENT
Payment shall be made by CITY only for services rendered and upon submission of a payment
request upon completion and CITY approval of the work performed. In consideration for the full
performance of the services set forth in Exhibit A, CITY agrees to pay CONTRACTOR a fee pursuant to rates stated in Exhibit B.
Any amounts due Contractor under this Agreement upon which payment is not received within
30 days of City receiving an invoice shall accrue late fees equal to the lesser of: (i) 3% per
month; or (ii) the highest rate allowable by law, in each case compounded monthly to the extent allowable by law. Without limiting Contractor’s other rights or remedies, in the event City is more than 30 days delinquent in their scheduled payments, City agrees that Contractor may, at its
choosing, terminate the relationship. In the event City’s account becomes seriously delinquent,
Contractor will have no choice but to resort to collection proceedings and City agrees to be
responsible for Contractor’s attorney's fees and costs incurred in those proceedings.
SECTION 6 – TERMINATION
Without limitation to such rights or remedies as CITY or CONTRACTOR shall otherwise have
by law, CITY or CONTRACTOR shall have the right to terminate this Agreement or suspend work on the Project for any reason, upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the other party. CONTRACTOR agrees to cease all work under this Agreement upon receipt of said written
notice.
SECTION 7 - OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS
All documents prepared by CONTRACTOR in the performance of this Agreement are and shall
be the property of CITY, whether the project for which they are made is executed or not.
SECTION 8 - CONFIDENTIALITY
All reports and documents prepared by CONTRACTOR in connection with the performance of
this Agreement are confidential until released by CITY to the public. CONTRACTOR shall not
make any such documents or information available to any individual or organization not employed by CONTRACTOR or CITY without the written consent of CITY before any such
release.
SECTION 9 - INTEREST OF CONTRACTOR
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CONTRACTOR covenants that it presently has no interest, and shall not acquire any interest, direct or indirect, financial or otherwise, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the
performance of the services under this Agreement.
SECTION 10 - CONTRACTOR'S STATUS
It is expressly agreed that in the performance of the services required under this Agreement,
CONTRACTOR shall at all times be considered an independent contractor as defined in Labor
Code Section 3353, under control of the CITY as to the result of the work but not the means by
which the result is accomplished. Nothing herein shall be construed to make CONTRACTOR an agent or employee of CITY while providing services under this Agreement.
SECTION 11 - INDEMNITY
CONTRACTOR agrees to hold harmless and indemnify CITY, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, loss, liability, damage, and expense arising out of CONTRACTOR’s performance of this Agreement, except for those
claims arising out of CITY’s sole negligence or willful misconduct. CONTRACTOR agrees to
defend City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents against any such claims.
SECTION 12 - INSURANCE
Contractor shall procure and maintain for the duration of the contract the insurance specified in
Exhibit C to this Agreement
SECTION 13 - NONASSIGNABILITY
Both parties hereto recognize that this Agreement is for the personal services of CONTRACTOR
and cannot be transferred, assigned, or subcontracted by CONTRACTOR without the prior
written consent of CITY.
SECTION 14 - RELIANCE UPON SKILL OF CONTRACTOR
It is mutually understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that CONTRACTOR is
skilled in the performance of the work agreed to be done under this Agreement and that CITY relies upon the skill of CONTRACTOR to do and perform the work in the most skillful manner,
and CONTRACTOR agrees to thus perform the work. The acceptance of CONTRACTOR's
work by CITY does not operate as a release of CONTRACTOR from said obligation.
SECTION 15 - WAIVERS
The waiver by either party of any breach or violation of any term, covenant, or condition of this
Agreement or of any provisions of any ordinance or law shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
such term, covenant, condition, ordinance or law or of any subsequent breach or violation of the
same or of any other term, covenant, condition, ordinance or law or of any subsequent breach or violation of the same or of any other term, condition, ordinance, or law. The subsequent
acceptance by either party of any fee or other money which may become due hereunder shall not
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be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding breach or violation by the other party of any term, covenant, or condition of this Agreement or of any applicable law or ordinance.
SECTION 16 - COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES
Attorney fees in total amount not exceeding $5000, shall be recoverable as costs (by the filing of a cost bill) by the prevailing party in any action or actions to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement. The above $5000 limit is the total of attorney fees recoverable whether in the trial
court, appellate court, or otherwise, and regardless of the number of attorneys, trials, appeals, or
actions. It is the intent of this provision that neither party shall have to pay the other more than $5000 for attorney fees arising out of an action, or actions to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 17 - NON-DISCRIMINATION
CONTRACTOR warrants that it is an Equal Opportunity Employer and shall comply with applicable regulations governing equal employment opportunity. Neither CONTRACTOR nor
any of its subcontractors shall discriminate in the employment of any person because of race,
color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, sex, or age,
unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification pursuant to the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.
SECTION 18 - MEDIATION
Should any dispute arise out of this Agreement, any party may request that it be submitted to mediation. The parties shall meet in mediation within 30 days of a request. The mediator shall be agreed to by the mediating parties; in the absence of an agreement, the parties shall each
submit one name from mediators listed by either the American Arbitration Association, the State
Mediation and Conciliation Service, or other agreed-upon service. The mediator shall be
selected by a blind draw.
The cost of mediation shall be borne equally by the parties. Neither party shall be deemed the
prevailing party. No party shall be permitted to file a legal action without first meeting in
mediation and making a good faith attempt to reach a mediated settlement. The mediation
process, once commenced by a meeting with the mediator, shall last until agreement is reached by the parties but not more than 60 days, unless the maximum time is extended by the parties.
SECTION 19 - LITIGATION
CONTRACTOR shall testify at CITY'S request if litigation is brought against CITY in connection with CONTRACTOR'S services under this Agreement. Unless the action is brought
by CONTRACTOR, or is based upon CONTRACTOR'S wrongdoing, CITY shall compensate
CONTRACTOR for preparation for testimony, testimony, and travel at CONTRACTOR'S
standard hourly rates at the time of actual testimony.
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SECTION 20 - NOTICES
All notices hereunder shall be given in writing and mailed, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows:
To CITY: City of San Mateo Attn: Public Works Director
330 West 20th Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
To CONTRACTOR: Bikes Make Life Better, Inc. Attn: Amy Harcourt
879 Hampshire
San Francisco, CA 94110
SECTION 21 - AGREEMENT CONTAINS ALL UNDERSTANDINGS; AMENDMENT
This document represents the entire and integrated agreement between CITY and
CONTRACTOR and supersedes all prior negotiations, representations, and agreements, either written or oral.
This document may be amended only by written instrument, signed by both CITY and
CONTRACTOR.
SECTION 22 - GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California and, in the event of
litigation, venue will be in the County of San Mateo.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CITY and CONTRACTOR have executed this Agreement the day
and year first above written.
CITY OF SAN MATEO CONTRACTOR
Larry A. Patterson, City Manager Amy Harcourt, CEO
APPROVED AS TO FORM
Gabrielle Whelan, Assistant City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF WORK
The City of San Mateo continues to support and invest in the role of bicycle transportation. The
City is exploring a pilot bicycle share system that could introduce bicycles to new users and further complement the City’s existing multi-modal transportation network. The pilot bicycle share project will include 50 bicycles at ten to twelve locations within the City of San Mateo.
Bikes Make Life Better will serve as the prime contractor for this project and will be
responsible for the operations and maintenance of the system, including the redistribution of the
bicycles. Social Bicycles (Sobi) will be a subcontractor to Bikes Make Life Better and will be responsible for the provision of the bicycles, the bike sharing website portal, and revenue collection and remittance.
The Contract team, which includes Bikes Make Life Better and Sobi shall be responsible for
all of the following:
A. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND INSTALLATION
The budget for the installation and launch of the Bike Share system shall be consistent with
Exhibit B of this contract. The scope of Work shall include all of the following:
1. System installation. Provide installation of all bicycles, electronics, and system software.
2. Create website. Work with Social Bicycles, and the City to create branding, marketing
and public relations.
3. Station Locations. Work with the City of San Mateo to identify and establish station locations. The City will provide an initial list of locations that may be appropriate. The Contract team will assist the City with evaluating the locations and determining the final
list. Locations may be adjusted during the term of the contract, based on usage rates and
other factors.
4. Launch. Plan and execute a timely and effective system launch within 30 days of delivery of the bikes or within the time from when the bike racks locations are finalized and in
place.
B. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
The Bike Share system shall be operated consistent with the budget included in Exhibit B of
this contract. The scope of work shall include all of the following:
1. Reporting. Contractor shall submit monthly reports of gross revenues, ridership, and
expenses, in a format approved by the City, with revenue broken down into categories of
income. At the end of each operating year, the Contractor will be required to submit a
detailed income, utilization/ridership, and expense statement for the past year's operation.
2. Open Data. Contractor shall provide open content data that will allow third party developers to provide applications to assist users in finding bicycles, and stations, and
comparing travel and usage information consistent with reports from other US systems..
3. Response to Complaints. All System structures shall contain a conspicuously posted telephone number, to the contractor's customer service operations to which the public may direct complaints and comments, and instructions for filing a complaint. All
complaints received by Contractor shall be logged, Contractor shall cooperate with the
City in providing a timely response to any such complaints. The Contractor shall provide
a shared database in which the City can communicate complaints from the public and from the City, and in which the Contractor can report the resolution of such complaints.
4. Maintenance, Redistribution, and Repair. System maintenance shall include, but is
not limited to, inspecting, maintaining, redistributing bikes between station hubs,
cleaning, and removing graffiti from System structures on a timely basis, inspection
and prompt repair or replacement of the system elements. Contractor shall comply
with specified service standards as shown in Exhibit E of this contract.
5. Real-time Communication. Provide system to track bicycle and dock status and populate
interactive map with status of bicycles at stations, station locations with optional address and directions, and transit information.
6. Safety information. Safety information shall be provided to all customers.
7. Adaptive Website Design. Provide and correctly display web pages on all major web
browsers and mobile devices/formats.
8. Branding, Marketing, Sponsor Fulfillment and Public Relations. Contractor shall work
with City to oversee the implementation of all branding, marketing and public relations,
and work with City to fulfill all obligations of any grants, sponsorships, advertisers
and/or donors including placement of corporate messaging as appropriate on bicycles stations or other locations.
9. Performance Outcomes and Service Level Agreements. Contractor shall meet Service Level Agreements (“SLA") consistent with Exhibit E of this contract.
10. Customer Service. Contractor shall provide responsive and customer-friendly services
that encourage repeat use, including timely response to complaints.
C. FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
1. Registration. Provide and maintain in full operation a web page to register, submit credit
card data, and execute a user agreement. After registration, members should be able to immediately access a bike at any station. Membership of various durations (such as 30 minutes, hourly, daily, Weekly, and/or monthly) shall be available. Rates and durations
shall be determined by the City and Contractor.
2. Secure Financial Transactions. Complete secure financial transactions with data input at
the web page or mobile device applications. Provide the capability to track whether
bicycles are returned during a specified period and accurately assess overtime fees. Financial data must be held securely in a manner that complies with all laws, and only
accessed by authorized personnel. The Contractor shall develop a robust security policy.
The Contractor must ensure that its security policy is enforced, report any breaches to the
City and develop corrective plan to prevent future breaches. The method for protecting
financial data, user names, and addresses, must be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant and satisfy minimum specifications of the City.
3. Fee Collection. Accurately assess and collect fees for failure to return any bicycle within
24 hours or an established time period and clearly communicate rules to user.
4. Revenue. All revenues, including membership fees, use fees, and revenue from other
sources, shall be collected by the Contractor on behalf of the City and returned to the
City. The Contractor, as the City's fiduciary with respect to collection and treatment of such revenue, shall be responsible for all revenue from the time it is collected until the time it is deposited to City accounts.
5. Records. Contractor shall maintain records and make them available to the City on
appropriate notice for inspection and auditing.
6. Billing and Compensation. The Contractor shall submit invoices for service, operation,
maintenance and repairs based on a monthly, per-bike fee. The monthly fee will cover a
reasonable number of station relocations per year (up to 5). The Contractor shall submit invoices for compensation for the installation of new stations in additional locations at the price specified in the agreement.
7. Regular Operations Review. Contractor shall perform ongoing review of ridership, fees
structure and development of recommendations that promote use of the system and
reduce or eliminate any operating deficit.
D. SAFETY AND LIABILITY
Waiver of Liability
Contractor’s registration for all new system users will require agreement to a statement
waiving liability and accepting responsibility for use of the City's bikeshare bicycles. The
waiver language is subject to City approval prior to implementation.
E. SYSTEM EXPANSION, INTEROPERABILITY AND REGIONAL COORDINATION
1. Contractor will work with the City to coordinate with Clipper and provide access to all bike share systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
2. Contractor shall work with the City to expand the system within the City of San Mateo as
directed, subject to an amendment of this contract.
3. Contractor must develop cooperative agreements with other regional bikeshare operators
so that users can check out bicycles from bikeshare systems in San Mateo County and
Santa Clara County, as feasible.
4. Contractor shall facilitate regional cooperation, interoperability with any other regional
bikeshare system and regional fare media, and ongoing partnerships with transit and local businesses.
Exhibit B: Budget and Fee Schedule
Exhibit C: Insurance Requirements
Exhibit D: San Mateo Bike Share Schedule Exhibit E: Service Level Agreements
Exhibit B
IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES
(in United States dollars)
SOBI IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES Quantity Price Total
A.1 Implementation Services (including expenses) 15,000
A.2 Website Landing Page Design $ 8,000
TOTAL ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES COSTS $ 23,000
OPERATIONS
(in United States dollars)
BMLB MONTHLY TURN-KEY OPERATIONS COSTS Quantity Price Total
O.1 Per Bicycle Fee (per month) 50 150$ $ 7,500
TOTAL MONTHLY TURN-KEY OPERATIONS COSTS $ 7,500
TOTAL ANNUAL TURN-KEY OPERATIONS COSTS $ 90,000
All prices are for the 50-bike pilot and will be revisited for future expansion
EXHIBIT C
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM SCOPE OF INSURANCE
Coverage shall be at least as broad as:
1. Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance Services Office (ISO) Form CG 00 01 12 07 covering CGL on an “occurrence” basis, including products-completed operations, personal & advertising injury, with limits no less than $2,000,000 per
occurrence. If a general aggregate limit applies, either the general aggregate limit shall
apply separately to this project/location or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the
required occurrence limit.
2. Automobile Liability: ISO Form Number CA 00 01 covering any auto (Code 1), or if Contractor has no owned autos, hired, (Code 8) and non-owned autos (Code 9), with limit
no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage.
3. Workers’ Compensation: as required by the State of California, with Statutory Limits,
and Employer’s Liability Insurance with limit of no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury or disease.
If the contractor maintains higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and
shall be entitled to coverage for the higher limits maintained by the contractor.
Other Insurance Provisions
The insurance policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:
Additional Insured Status
The City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents are to be covered as
insureds on the auto policy for liability arising out of automobiles owned, leased, hired or
borrowed by or on behalf of the Contractor; and on the CGL policy with respect to liability
arising out of work or operations performed by or on behalf of the Contractor including materials, parts or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations. General
liability coverage can be provided in the form of an endorsement to the Contractor’s insurance
(at least as broad as ISO Form CG 20 10, 11 85 or both CG 20 10 and CG 20 37 forms if later
revisions used).
Primary Coverage
For any claims related to this contract, the Contractor’s insurance coverage shall be primary
insurance as respects the City, its elected and appointed officials, employees, and agents. Any
insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City, its elected and appointed officials,
employees, or agents shall be excess of the Contractor’s insurance and shall not contribute with
it.
Notice of Cancellation
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Each insurance policy required above shall provide that coverage shall not be canceled, except after thirty (30) days’ prior written notice (10 days for non-payment) has been given to the
City.
Waiver of Subrogation
Contractor hereby grants to City a waiver of any right to subrogation which any insurer of said Contractor may acquire against the City by virtue of the payment of any loss under such insurance. Contractor agrees to obtain any endorsement that may be necessary to effect this
waiver of subrogation, but this provision applies regardless of whether or not the City has
received a waiver of subrogation endorsement from the insurer.
Deductibles and Self-Insured Retentions
Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City. The City may require the Contractor to purchase coverage with a lower deductible or retention or
provide proof of ability to pay losses and related investigations, claim administration, and
defense expenses within the retention.
Acceptability of Insurers
Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M. Best’s rating of no less than A:VII, unless otherwise acceptable to the City.
Verification of Coverage
Contractor shall furnish the City with original certificates and amendatory endorsements or
copies of the applicable policy language effecting coverage required by this clause. All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the City before work commences. However, failure to obtain the required documents prior to the work beginning
shall not waive the Contractor’s obligation to provide them. The City reserves the right to
require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including endorsements
required by these specifications, at any time.
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Exhibit E - Service Standards
MAINTENANCE + OPERATIONS Schedule Location Staff
Repairs and Adjustments Daily / Weekly On-site BMLB
Station and Bicycle Inspection Daily / Weekly On-site BMLB
Prevention Maintenance and Tune-ups Quarterly Facility BMLB
Cleaning and Litter Removal Daily On-site BMLB
Cleaning upon notification Within 48 hours On-site BMLB
Address repair upon notification Within 48 hours On-site BMLB
Maintenance: 88% of bikes operational Weekly On-site BMLB
Replacement parts and bicycles As needed Facility BMLB
Web and mobile updates On-going Wireless SoBi
Customer Service dispatching to crew Immediately Facility to Site BMLB
Redistribution of Bicycles at Priority
Hubs (‘Priority’ stations will not be empty
more than 8 hours daily)
Daily On-Site BMLB
Redistribution of Bicycles at 'Auxillary'
Hubs (‘Auxillary’ stations will not be
empty for more than 24 hours)
Daily On-Site BMLB
Daily / Weekly Repairs, Adjustments, and On-site Inspections
• Clean all visible dirt, ink, paint, litter, graffiti
• Remove all trash from surrounding area
• Inspect all stations and bikes for defects
• Check all communications systems
• Check lock functionality, keypad, enclosure
• Check frame for damage, cracks, dents
• Check tire pressure, basket, bell, headset
• Check handlebar tightness and range of motion
• Check seat tightness and seat quick-release
• Check brake function and gears for alignment
• Check LED lights (front and rear) for function
• Check fenders and kickstand for damage
• Check for wheels trueness, and broken spokes
• Check hub or axle tightness
• Check bottom bracket, pedals, cranks
• Grease shaft drive; check for correct function
• Brief test ride to ensure overall correct function
Quarterly Prevention Maintenance and Tune-ups
• Adjust tire pressure and replace tires if needed
• Adjust headset and replace tires if needed
• Adjust seat tightness and seat quick-release, and replace if needed
• Adjust brake function and gears for alignment, and replace if needed
• Adjust fenders and kickstand for damage, and replace if needed
• Adjust for wheels trueness, and replace wheels if needed
• Adjust hub or axle tightness, and replace if needed
• Adjust bottom bracket, pedals, cranks, and replace if needed
• Grease shaft drive; check for correct function, and replace if needed
• Brief test ride to ensure overall correct function
Attachment H -
Attachment I -
Attachment K -
TO: Active Transportation Working Group DATE: March 13, 2016
FR: Kevin Mulder
RE: DRAFT Bike Share Capital Program
This memo outlines the plan for the Draft Bike Share Capital Program in advance of the March 2016 Active Transportation Working Group, where staff will solicit feedback on questions listed below.
Background/Goals & Objectives Bike sharing has been a mixed success in the Bay Area, as demonstrated by the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District’s pilot bike share program, Bay Area Bike Share (BABS). In May 2015, MTC’s Commission approved a privately-funded BABS expansion in Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, San
Francisco, and San Jose by Motivate Inc. that will add over 6,000 bikes to the system at no public cost.
MTC’s Commission also set aside up to $4.5 million for the Bike Share Capital Program in the remaining
Bay Area communities at the same May 2015 meeting. The Bike Share Capital Program will award grants
over two phases, with the timing of the second phase to be determined following Phase 1. The funding is a one-time funding source to help project sponsors with capital purchase and initial implementation costs
and will not be an on-going grant program. It will also not fund operations due to constraints on the
federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds committed to the program.
Program Summary
Eligible projects Bike share capital projects in Bay Area communities other than the
privately-funded BABS expansion. Typical capital items include:
Bicycles, stations, and station components
Support/rebalancing vehicles for bicycles
Testing equipment & membership cards/readers
Planning, engineering, design, & permitting
Site prep, installation, & project management
Total amount available Up to $2 million in Phase 1
Type of funds Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Funds (CMAQ) – Federal
Funds administered by Caltrans Local Assistance
Application Process The Bike Share Capital Program will follow a two-step application and evaluation process. First, MTC
will invite interested applicants to submit Letters of Interest (3-page maximum, excluding attachments) to
describe proposed projects, anticipated impacts, project readiness, and funding plans. The evaluation
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committee will review all LOIs and identify a small number of promising projects. These applicants will be invited to submit a more formal proposal for further evaluation.
The evaluation committee will quantitatively evaluate proposals against the following criteria categories:
Potential for impact (including bicycle mode shift, reduced VMT, first/last mile solutions, etc.)
Full funding plan for ongoing operations
Readiness and local support (including feasibility studies, bike facilities, complete streets policies, other engagement, etc.)
Local match share of total project cost
Capability of the project partners to implement the project
Location within a Priority Development Area (PDA), Community of Concern (COC), or
Community Air Risk Evaluation (CARE) Program area
Schedule & Timeline – all dates are tentative
LOI Development & Pre-Application Workshops April – May 2016
LOI Review & MTC Committee Presentation June or July 2016
Full Proposals Development August – September or October 2016
Full Proposals Review October – November 2016
Recommended Program of Projects & Commission Approval December 2016
TIP Revision Approval January 2017
Request for Obligation / E-76 and E-76 Approval from Caltrans June or July 2017
Project Implementation Within 24 months of MTC Commission approval
Questions for ATWG
What do you recommend for the minimum and maximum size of the grants?
What share of the total project amount do you anticipate for planning, engineering, and design?
Will you be able to provide a 100% operating funding commitment/plan by September or October
of this year?
Do you have other concerns about implementation readiness?
Should a portion of the $4.5 million be redirected to install bicycle facilities instead of bike
share?
Would you agree to a condition that poor system usage could result in equipment redistribution after a given period of time?
Kevin Mulder
Active Transportation Planner
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
kmulder@mtc.ca.gov
101 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510-817-5764
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