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Arlington Bike-sharing Program

Arlington County Commuter Services’ BikeArlington program has released a Request for Proposals for the operation of the Arlington Bike-sharing Program (RFP #56-09).

Bike-sharing has been gaining popularity around the world as a way of improving the public’s mobility in an environmentally sound and healthy way. Arlington County Commuter Services (ACCS) intends to enter into a contract for a bike-sharing service with this Request for Proposals. The selected offeror will operate a bike-sharing program for the County which will enable customers to rent a bicycle from an unattended fleet at one location and return it to another. The one-way rentals are intended for short trips, generally under 5 miles.

Arlington has many of the right ingredients to become a world-class bicycling community. Arlington’s emphasis on mixed-use development, medium- to high-density and compact neighborhoods, and human-scale streetscapes creates an environment which generates many short trips where bicycling is most effective. Many of the County’s residents and visitors use bicycles for transportation and recreation and the County believes the creation of this bike-sharing program would encourage greater use by making bicycles ubiquitous.

The County’s goals for the Arlington Bike-sharing program include:

- reducing traffic congestion and vehicular emissions;

- conserving limited energy resources;

- adding physical activity into everyday travel;

- reducing transportation costs; and

- improving mobility for Arlingtonians, people who work in Arlington, and visitors.

For more information on bike-sharing, visit The Bike-sharing Blog.