San Francisco has announced that it will pilot a bike-sharing program similar to that currently in place in Paris, France.

The pilot program will include 50 bikes located at five stations on non-city property (as required by a Court injunction until environmental review of the City’s Bicycle Plan is complete). Each station will have either nine or 12 bikes and will provide approximately 50 percent more bicycle parking slots to help ensure proper distribution between available bikes and open, available drop-off spots. The stations will be in the Financial District, Mission Bay, the Presidio, Civic Center and the City College campus.

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