Transportation
Late to the Bike-Share Party, L.A. Could End Up a Leader
The proposed system will become part of the city’s public transportation system—a first in the U.S.
The second-biggest city in the United States is finally going to catch up with places like Denver and Minneapolis.
Those much smaller burgs—with winters!—were among the pioneers in getting bike-share systems up and running, launching in 2010 (Washington, D.C., also rolled out bike-share that year). But last week, after years of delays, the Los Angeles City Council formally agreed to a pilot fleet of 1,090 bikes at 65 stations on the streets of Downtown L.A. in 2016. Expansion to neighborhoods such as Hollywood and Venice is expected to follow.