MTC, Motivate and Ford Motor Co. on Sept. 9, 2016 announced a seven-year partnership agreement with Ford through which the Bay Area Bike Share program will be rebranded as Ford GoBike, and will expand the region's bike share fleet to 7,000 bicycles from the current 700. Expansion plans include the first-ever bike sharing locations in Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville, as well as major additions to the bike share fleet in San Francisco and San Jose. Participants in the announcement event at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza included Ford President and CEO Mark Fields; Motivate CEO Jay H. Walder; San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee; MTC Chair and Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese; San Jose Mayor and MTC Commissioner Sam Liccardo; and Berkeley Mayor and MTC Commissioner Tom Bates. The first expansion locations are slated to open in the spring of 2017.
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A partnership agreement with Ford Motor Co. paves the way for expansion of the Bay Area Bike Share initiative and rebranding of the program as Ford GoBike.
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Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Mark Fields announces the debut of the Ford GoBike program at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee (left), MTC Chair Dave Cortese, and MTC Commissioners Sam Liccardo and Tom Bates display Ford GoBike bicycles at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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Mayor Edwin M. Lee (left) welcomes Ford Motor Co. President and CEO Mark Fields to San Francisco for the September 2016 introduction of the Ford GoBike program
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San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee details the upcoming expansion of the Ford GoBike program at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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San Jose Mayor and MTC Commissioner Sam Liccardo details the upcoming expansion of the Ford GoBike program at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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MTC Chair and Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese details the upcoming expansion of the Ford GoBike program at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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MTC Commissioner and Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates details the upcoming expansion of the Ford GoBike program at a September 2016 event in San Francisco
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Bay Area Bike Share Press Conference, September 9, 2016
Friday, September 9, 2016