City holding 28 bike share workshops this fall

Residents are invited to plan locations for 70 new bike share stations in the City of Boston.

Boston Transportation Commissioner Gina N. Fiandaca today announced that the City will host a number of community planning workshops this fall to discuss the upcoming expansion of the regional public bike share system, known as Hubway. The 28 workshops are part of a nearly year-long effort to bring bike share to new neighborhoods and add capacity in the existing service area.

Over the next two years, more than 70 new bike share stations will be added in Boston alone, with more stations planned in Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville. This is the largest single expansion of the public bike share system since its launch in Boston in 2011. BTD expects to reach new neighborhoods with bike share, including Dorchester, Roslindale, and Mattapan. Dozens of new stations and docks will also be added in Boston's existing service area to better meet current demand.

“BTD is excited to collaborate with residents as we expand this important and popular piece of our transportation system to additional locations in the City’s neighborhoods,” said Commissioner Fiandaca. “I encourage all Boston residents to attend a community planning workshop and help us to determine the best locations for new bike share stations in their neighborhoods.”

“This expansion delivers on one of the projects and policies of Go Boston 2030, bringing us one step closer to meeting Boston’s comprehensive transportation needs,” noted Stefanie Seskin, Active Transportation Director for the City of Boston. “Bike share is an important transportation option and one that we are working to ensure is available throughout Boston’s neighborhoods.”

The workshop dates and locations are as follows:

DATE	VENUE	ADDRESS	NEIGHBORHOOD	TIME
09/09/17	BCYF Curley	1163 Columbia Rd	South Boston	10:00 AM
09/13/17	BCYF Hennigan	200 Heath St	Jamaica Plain	6:00 PM
09/14/17	Grove Hall Branch Library	41 Geneva Ave	Dorchester	6:00 PM
09/16/17	BCYF Blackstone	50 W Brookline St	South End	10:00 AM
09/19/17	BCYF Mattahunt	100 Hebron St	Mattapan	6:00 PM
09/20/17	BCYF Menino	125 Brookway Rd	Roslindale	6:00 PM
09/23/17	Connolly Branch Library	433 Centre St	Jamaica Plain	10:00 AM
09/27/17	Central Library, Orientation Room	700 Boylston St	Back Bay	6:00 PM
09/28/17	Charlestown Branch Library	179 Main St	Charlestown	6:00 PM
10/03/17	Hill House	127 Mt Vernon St	Beacon Hill	6:00 PM
10/04/17	Fenway Community Center	1282 Boylston St	Fenway	6:00 PM
10/11/17	BCYF Nazzaro	30 N Bennet St	North End	6:00 PM
10/12/17	South Boston Branch Library	646 E Broadway	South Boston	6:00 PM
10/14/17	Honan-Allston Branch Library	300 N Harvard St	Allston	10:00 AM
10/16/17	Adams Street Branch Library	690 Adams St	Ashmont	6:00 PM
10/18/17	Mildred Ave K-8 School	5 Mildred Ave	Mattapan	6:00 PM
10/19/17	Brighton Branch Library	40 Academy Hill Rd	Brighton	6:00 PM
10/21/17	Codman Square Branch Library	690 Washington St	Codman Square	10:00 AM
10/24/17	East Boston Social Center	68 Central Square	East Boston	6:30 PM
10/25/17	Tenants Development Corporation	23 Wellington Street	South End	6:00 PM
10/26/17	Roslindale Community Center	6 Cummins Hwy	Roslindale	6:00 PM
10/28/17	BCYF Tobin	1481 Tremont St	Mission Hill	11:00 AM
10/30/17	BCYF Jackson/Mann	500 Cambridge St	Allston	6:00 PM
11/02/17	BCYF Quincy	885 Washington St	Chinatown	6:30 PM
11/04/17	BCYF Charlestown	255 Medford St	Charlestown	10:00 AM
11/09/17	BCYF Curtis Hall	20 South St	Jamaica Plain	6:00 PM
11/15/17	Upham's Corner Health Center	415 Columbia Rd	Dorchester	6:00 PM
11/16/17	Bruce C. Bolling Building	2300 Washington St	Roxbury	6:00 PM

Community members are also invited to suggest locations online at suggest.thehubway.com. BTD will review the suggestions from public workshops and online to create draft maps of potential locations. These maps will be shared on the website and will be available for comment during public open houses in early spring of 2018. More information about the planning process is available at boston.gov/bike-share-expansion.

About Hubway

The Hubway system is regional public transportation by bike, owned by the municipalities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville. System wide, there are more than 180 stations offering 1,600 bikes to more than 15,000 members. Since launching in July 2011, users have taken 5.3 million trips. Find out more about the Hubway system at www.thehubway.com.