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USING A BIKE IN THE BAY
AREA FOR YOUR COMMUTE IS
ABOUT TO GET EASIER
THE BAY AREA BIKE SHARE
PILOT PROGRAM IS ALMOST
HERE. STATIONS ARE BEGINNING
TO POP UP.
AS KRON FOUR'S TERISA
ESTACIO REPORTS, SOME
COMMUTERS SAY IT IS ABOUT
TIME THIS AREA BECOMES MORE
BIKE FRIENDLY.
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HERE IS WHAT THE NEW BIKE
SHARE STATIONS WILL LOOK
LIKE. IT IS STILL A WORK IN
PROGRESS, THE BIKES ARE NOT
IN PLACE YET. THEY WILL GO
IN THESE SLOTS. A KIOSK IS
SET UP TO SPELL OUT PRICING
AS WELL AS ACCEPT CREDIT OR
DEBIT CARDS TO MAKE GETTING
YOUR BIKE EASY. THERE IS
ALSO A MEMBER SHIP PROGRAM
FREQUENT RIDERS CAN
PARTICIPATE IN.
THIS IS ALL PART OF A 11.2
MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IN AN
EFFORT TO REDUCE VEHICLE
TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE AIR
QUALITY. ORGANIZERS HOPE IT
WILL BRIDGE THE GAP FOR
COMMUTERS WHO NEED TO TRAVEL
A SHORT DISTANCE AFTER
TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT. IT
IS ALSO A GOAL TO CUT DOWN
THE NUMBER OF BIKES ON
PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT TAKE UP
A LOT OF SPACE.
THIS STATION ON COMMERICIAL
STREET IN THE FINANCIAL
DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCAISO
IWILL BE ONE OF 7O STATIONS
THAT WILL GO LIVE BESIDES
THE CITY, THERE WILL BE
STATIONS IN PALO ALTO,
MOUTAIN VIEW AND SAN JOSE.
FOR SOME COMMUTERS WE SPOKE
WITH - THEY BELIEVE IT IS
ABOUT TIME A PROGRAM LIKE
THIS IS LAUNCHED.
>> I THINK THIS IS AWESOME,
THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR
COMMUTERS.
>> IS IS A NONDESCRIPT. I
PASS THIS. IT WILL BE GOOD.
>> SOT/TC:
HOWEVER, NOT EVERYONE IS A
SUPPORTER.
>> IT GIVES YOU AN OPTION.
WANT TO HAVE THIS FOR A
CERTAIN GROUP.
>> THE LAUNCH DATE IS AUGUST
29TH JUST IN TIME FOR THE
LABOR DAY WEEKEND AND JUST
IN TIME TO HELP OUT WITH
WHAT MIGHT BE A CHALLENGING
COMMUTE WITH THE BAY BRIDGE
CLOSURE AND RE-OPENING OF