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CiTY OF SAN LEANDRO BiCYCLE & PEDESTRiAN MASTER PLAN ~ 99 A Ford Go Bike station in downtown San Jose. can help reduce rebalancing and system operating costs. Many cities in the Bay Area have established bike share systems. San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Berkeley are a part of Ford Go Bike, formally Bay Area Bike Share. Other cities like San Mateo and Alameda have or are considering launching their own independent systems. To determine what type and how large of a system would best fit San Leandro’s unique goals, built environment/land uses, and financial situation, the City should conduct a bike share feasibility study. This study will answer the aforementioned questions and can also help guide the system’s design if the City chooses to proceed. Bike share systems are a network of public bicycles that residents, workers, and visitors can rent for short periods of time. Bike share systems are put in place to achieve a number of goals and objectives which generally include: Help to close first-last miles gaps with transit stops and stations Provide access to bicycles for those who do not own them Make commuting by bicycle more convenient as system users do not have to worry about parking or storage Provide opportunities for healthy recreational activities increase access to commercial and retail locations More generally provide residents, workers, and visitors with more relatively low-cost transportation options. Bike share systems come in a variety of types and sizes and a system can be customized to fit San Leandro’s needs. The three main types of bike share systems are: Smart dock systems Smart bike systems Hybrid systems Smart dock systems are defined by having physical stations as the only places where bikes can be picked-up or dropped-off. These stations can either be in the parking lane of the roadway or on sidewalks/plazas where there is enough space. Smart bike systems are more flexible in that all of the technology related to the system is on the bikes themselves, which allows them to be picked-up and left anywhere within the system’s service area. Most smart bike systems do have hubs, which mimic the stations of smart dock system, but these hubs require much less physical space and generally do not require utility access. Hybrid systems combine the flexibility of smart bikes with the more formal structure of smart dock systems. These systems generally incentivize users to return bikes to hubs by offering a slight discount or credit on that ride; this Bike Share 237