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City and CapMetro outline plan to expand and electrify Austin bike share
Summary
City of Austin and CapMetro described a three-year interlocal agreement, recent fare changes, ridership patterns concentrated at UT/West Campus, and plans to add about 10 stations this fall while electrifying 30–50% of docks to reduce operational costs.
City of Austin staff and CapMetro on Tuesday described a three-year interlocal agreement and a phased expansion of the city’s bike-share system, including new electrified stations, a fare restructure that went into effect Aug. 1, and plans to add roughly 10 stations this fall.
The city entered a three-year interlocal agreement with Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) earlier this year. Under the agreement, CapMetro will manage vendor contracts, operations, maintenance and branding for the system and ensure grant-funded activities meet third-party requirements; the city retains ownership of stations and bikes and will design and permit new infrastructure except where construction occurs in CapMetro right-of-way. City and CapMetro staff said both partners will produce monthly and annual reports on system performance.
City and CapMetro officials said the system now operates a 100% electric bicycle fleet after replacing the legacy B-cycle system last year. CapMetro and Transportation and Public Works (TPW) staff said the system currently had 73 stations and would reach 75 the day after the presentation; they…
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