Bike-Share Systems Test Out $2 Single-Trip Fares | Streetsblog.net

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A new payment option rolled out by Capital Bikeshare in DC last week makes it easier to grab a bike if you just want to make a single trip. The pilot program offers a base fare of $2 to check out a bike, with additional fees after the first 30 minutes. Previously, you would have had to commit to at least an $8 24-hour pass to use the system.
D.C. Capital Bikeshare is now offering a $2 single-trip fare.

DC isn’t the only system experimenting with single-trip fares, notes Paul DeMaio at the Bike-sharing Blog, which is affiliated with Capital Bikeshare. Trip-based fares have the potential to make bike-share more broadly accessible and more tightly integrated with traditional transit, he writes, if the model proves viable.

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MoBikeFed comment: Kansas City B-Cycle, the state's first bike share program, is still going strong and has recently expanded.

https://kansascity.bcycle.com/

And perhaps this is a good time to remind everyone that St. Louis is still one of the largest U.S. cities that still lacks a municipal bike share program . . .

http://www.stlbikeshare.org/