Vancouver eyes bike share system roll out within months
VANCOUVER — A public bike-share system could roll out on Vancouver streets within months — more than eight years after councillors first raised the idea.
The city has signed a five-year, $5-million agreement with CycleHop Corp. Canada that could put 1,500 shared bikes on the road by the end of summer, announced Jerry Dobrovolny, the city’s general manager of engineering services, at a Tuesday council meeting.
“With this, Vancouver will have the largest smart-bike system in North America,” Dobrovolny said
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