Bike Share in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

Hasn't been any news that I've heard, but unless something has changed, a launch should be imminent--within the next few weeks.

Great to hear!  But... are you basing that on a schedule released months ago?  I'm just thinking if there's been no movement behind the scenes at all, and nobody knows, maybe they've just done nothing and the whole project is cancelled.  I would have expected there to be something tangible to show some forward procession with the whole project (signage, ads, new labels on the docks...).

We heard from them at the join active transportation committee meeting between all the city's an regional active transportation committees.  That was...Jun 7th I think.  So it's been about a month.  

At the meeting they said they were finalizing paperwork and agreeing on locations with a goal of launch in July.  The company representative said they were strongly motivated to make it happen quickly.

Beyond that, I have not heard anything.

I don't know that there will be a lot of evidence before hand.  The company is a startup, with low overhead, and a lot of work in house...they could probably apply new signage and deploy bikes within a couple of days, maybe even day of launch, it's not like they need to get dozens of contractors aligned.  Their colour even matches the existing docks.

But I will ask our regional representative at our next Region ATAC meeting (if it hasn't launched by then anyway).