Capital Bikeshare (Bikeshare) may be coming to Greenbelt. Bikeshare is a bicycle-sharing company that serves Washington, D.C., Arlington County, Fairfax County, and Alexandria in Virginia, and Montgomery County, Maryland. If a current proposal, recently submitted to the city of Greenbelt by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPWT) is approved, Bikeshare will also be in Prince George’s County.
Bikeshare opened in September 2010 with 1,100 bikes at 114 stations: 100 in D.C and 14 in Arlington. Since then Bikeshare has grown and (as of May 2018) manages a fleet of over 4300 bicycles, 500 stations, and 8635 docks throughout the D.C. region. The company describes how its system works: “Capital Bikeshare, like other bikeshare systems, consists of a fleet of specially designed, sturdy and durable bikes that are locked into a network of docking stations throughout the region. The bikes can be unlocked from any station and returned to any station in the system, making them ideal for one-way trips. People use Bikeshare to commute to work or school, run errands, get to appointments or social engagements and more.”
Read more of this story in the January 10 News Review.