Boston Transportation Commissioner Gina N. Fiandaca recently announced that the City of Boston will hold 28 workshops this fall to plan the location of 70 new bike share stations.
Citizens will also be able to submit input online.
The city plans to expand its public bike share system, known as Hubway, over the next two years in Boston as well as nearby Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville.
This expansion, the largest since the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) launched the program in 2011, is expected to expand service into new neighborhoods including Dorchester, Roslindale, and Mattapan. It will also add facilities in current service areas.
“BTD is excited to collaborate with residents as we expand this important and popular piece of our transportation system to additional locations in the City’s neighborhoods,” Fiandaca said. “I encourage all Boston residents to attend a community planning workshop and help us to determine the best locations for new bike share stations in their neighborhoods.”
BTD will use the suggestions to create draft maps of new locations, which will be posted on the department’s website and available at public open houses in early spring of 2018 for further public comment.
“This expansion delivers on one of the projects and policies of Go Boston 2030, bringing us one step closer to meeting Boston’s comprehensive transportation needs,” Stefanie Seskin, active transportation director for the City of Boston, said. “Bike share is an important transportation option and one that we are working to ensure is available throughout Boston’s neighborhoods.”