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Mike Lasky from SF MTA reported on The Bike Sharing Pilot being set up in Mission Bay and other areas South of Market. Under the program, you will be able to join the Bike Share Pilot for a membership fee (small) ranging from 24 hours to one year. As a member, you will be able to pick up a bike, ride it and return it to any other bike station for a sliding fee depending upon the time you use the bike. All of the fees are to be determined. The purpose of the program is to help bikers to get from, for example, the Caltrain Station to Sales Force.com or BART to 185 Berry quickly and easily. In the Mission Bay Area, there will be bike stations...maybe...at UCSF near the Farmer's Market, Caltrain Station, Pier 40, 4th and Berry, 2nd and Townsend, 7th and Townsend. As more businesses develop, more bike stations will be added. The system should be launched the summer of 2012. For more information, contact Matt Lasky at <xxxx>@sfmta.com or www.sfmta.com/bikesharing.
In a highly livable city, a decent bike sharing program, such as that wildly successful program in Paris, is a great way to help remove a few more cars off the already clogged and dirty streets.