Bikesharing for Toronto

Bikesharing is back on the map in Toronto with the City Transportation Services staff recommending the Public Bike System Company as the potential partner in providing a public bikesharing program to Toronto. As mentioned in a previous post, this company is best known for setting up the Bixi system in Montreal, launched this Spring.

This will need to pass the Public Works committee (pdf) June 3 before it heads to City Council soon after. This item and the item on part of the 2009 Bikeway Network Program with the installation of bike lanes and paths this year will be voted on after 1:30pm. If all goes well we'll have a few more kilometres of bike lanes this summer and a report to Council in the Fall on a Spring 2010 launch of Bikeshare 2.0. Come on out and give your moral support!