JERSEY CITY – Mayor Steven M. Fulop announced this week that Jersey City is launching a bike share program connecting Jersey City with the New York City bike share system, offering residents, commuters, and visitors seamless access to the nation’s largest bike share network. Jersey City’s bike share program will be funded through corporate sponsorship and comes at no cost to the taxpayers.
“Jersey City is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate and much of our progress is tied to our proximity to New York City,” said Fulop. “Our residents, visitors, and commuters choose Jersey City for its ease of access to New York and in developing a bike share system, we saw an immense opportunity by linking with the 6,000-bike system in New York.”
With a single membership, bike share riders will be able to ride to the PATH or ferry, commute to New York City or Jersey City, and get back on a bike to reach their final destination.
Jersey City’s bike share program, a 24-hour system, was awarded by contract on Monday through an 8-0 City Council vote to Brooklyn-based Alta Bicycle Share, operators of the Citi Bike system in New York City. The program is expected to launch within six months of contract execution.
The initial roll out of Jersey City’s bike share program will include approximately 350 bikes and 35 docking stations, with further growth anticipated based upon usage. Bike share locations will be determined through an extensive analysis of population density, employment density, as well as locations of other mass transit systems and stations. Alta Bicycle Share will also host as many as 10 community meetings to receive input from community stakeholders.
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