Capital Bikeshare is more than doubling its number of electric bikes this spring, as District officials tout investments in bike infrastructure to lure more riders downtown.
Capital Bikeshare is more than doubling its number of electric bicycles this spring as District officials touted investments in bikes and the city’s cycling infrastructure to lure more riders downtown.The regional bikeshare system is rolling out 850 new e-bikes across its network starting this week, including 650 in the nation’s capital, District officials announced Monday.
Mayor Muriel E. Bowser marked the expansion with a bike ride Monday on a newly opened bike lane on Ninth Street NW. The long-awaited bike path connects neighborhoods from Shaw to downtown. Bowser said the growing bike fleet and the 1.5-mile bike lane opening are crucial steps toward reviving downtown three years into the pandemic.The bidirectional, protected bike lane between Florida and Pennsylvania avenues is the latest addition to the city’s system of more than 30 miles of protected bike lanes. It connects to other popular bike lanes that travel east and west, such as those on M and L streets NW, and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
“Getting more people downtown continues to be our top priority, and this new bike lane and the new e-bikes make it much easier for many more people,” Bowser said at a news conference. With its latest addition, Capital Bikeshare will have nearly 7,000 bikes in its system — and well over 1,000 e-bikes in the District. About 150 new e-bikes will deploy to Arlington and Fairfax counties. Capital Bikeshare, in its 12th year, is available in the District, Alexandria and Falls Church, as well as Arlington, Fairfax, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. The jurisdictions contract with Lyft to manage and operate the system.
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