Hoboken Partners with Waterfront Neighbors on Regional Bike Share

Following a successful bike sharing trial run this summer, Hoboken announced Monday that it would partner with neighboring Jersey City and Weehawken on a regional bike share across all three waterfront communities.

As part of the initiative, dozens of bike share hubs and a minimum of 650 bikes will be installed at strategic locations throughout the three municipalities with the potential for expansion into additional towns in the future.

“Hoboken has the highest rate of transit commuters in the country, and this program will improve our region’s transportation resiliency and provide another low-cost, healthy transportation and recreation option," Mayor Dawn Zimmer said in a statement.

The working proposal would allow riders to both walk up and rent bicycles at the hubs directly or sign up, pay and rent a bike online or using a smartphone app. As proposed, riders could rent a bicycle from a station in one municipality and return it in another.

Each bike will be equipped with GPS to track its position in real time and allow municipalities to analyze rider routes and adjust hub locations accordingly.

To start, Hoboken will have a minimum of 250 bikes spread throughout the mile square, Jersey City will install a minimum of 300 and Weehawken will offer 100.

Each municipality will issue a joint request for proposal to find a vendor for the project at an upcoming meeting.