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Bike Share Pilot Program
City Council Meeting
May 5, 2026
1 Today’s Action
• Review, provide input, and endorse bike share
pilot program concept
• Authorize staff to execute necessary
agreements to accept funding and begin pilot
program
2 Oakland-Alameda Access Project
necessitates transportation support.
• Project led by Caltrans and Alameda CTC
• Improves connection between Webster/Posey
Tubes and I-880
• Construction will include an extended single lane
closure in Posey Tube beginning early 2027
• Alameda CTC will fund added Water Shuttle
service as part of Transportation Management
Plan
3 Oakland-
Alameda Water
Shuttle and SF
Bay Ferry provide
alternatives, with
a need for first-
and last-mile
connections.
4 Bike share pilot would connect the West
End to Oakland and San Francisco.
• Funding from Alameda CTC ($757K) and local
match (300K) to join regional Bay Wheels
docked bike share program
• Pilot would include e-bikes only, limited at
15 mph
• Eight pilot stations for West End during
OAAP construction
• Potential for future citywide bike share
program after pilot period
5 Bay Wheels connects Alameda to a
regional system.
• Alameda system would be fully
interoperable with Bay Wheels
throughout the region
• Bay Wheels is currently the only bike
share system in Oakland, Emeryville,
Berkeley, and San Francisco.
• Future expansion could help serve
Fruitvale BART in addition to ferries
and Water Shuttle
6 7
Docked bike share is predictable and
keeps the bike organized.
Berkeley – Neighborhood Street Oakland – BART Station
Potential
docking station
locations for
pilot program
serve West End
businesses and
destinations.
8 Community outreach is a central part
of the program plan.
• Online survey on docking station
locations (Summer 2026)
• Coordination with businesses led by
Alameda TMA and BRED
• Publicity for program, including low-
income Bike Share for All Program
• Bike share education after launch
with Bike East Bay
9 Alternatives analysis: Bay Wheels is the
best system for the OAAP bike share pilot.
Key Program Considerations Bay Wheels Dockless Micromobility Permit Program
City-Led Bike Share
Vendor Procurement
Interoperable with nearby cities YES YES NO
Bikes, not scooters YES NO YES
Launch by early 2027 for OAAP YES Unlikely Unlikely
Potential for future citywide program YES YES YES
10 Next Steps
• Approval of funding by the Alameda CTC (May 28, 2026) • Program and funding agreements and community outreach (Summer-Fall 2026)
• Docking station siting and design (Winter 2026-27)
• Docking station installation and bike share opening (Early 2027) • Consider alternatives for expanding bike share/micromobility citywide (After 2027)
11 Recommendation
Endorse the program concept for a three-year bike
share pilot in West Alameda and authorize staff to
execute all necessary agreements to accept funding
from Alameda CTC and begin participation in the
regional Bay Wheels program.
12 Extra Slide
13 Bike Share Key Terms
• Micromobility: General term that includes all types of bike share and e-scooter share
• Interoperable: Unified system that functions across multiple cities • Docked: System that requires users to park at docking stations, usually only bike share
• Dockless: System that allows user park at any bicycle rack or pole, often includes e-scooters
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