The San Francisco Bay area’s bike sharing programme will be expanded from 700 to 7,000 bikes by the end of 2018, with the initiative being renamed the Ford GoBike in early 2017 as part of its collaboration with Ford Motor Company. In a statement released on Thursday, Mayor Ed Lee said: “Today, we are announcing that our city is going to become one of the first cities in America to offer free public transportation for all residents and The sponsorship from Ford will reportedly be $50m.
The San Francisco Bay area’s bike sharing programme will be expanded from 700 to 7,000 bikes by the end of 2018, with the initiative being renamed the Ford GoBike in early 2017 as part of its collaboration with Ford Motor Company. The service will extend across the East Bay and San Jose areas, becoming the largest bike-sharing programme in the US. The sponsorship from Ford will reportedly be $50m.