@PotomacCyclist 69881 wrote:
A WTOP article, dated 8/24/2013: http://www.wtop.com/149/3431303/Fairfax-County-pedaling-for-more-cyclists
“We chose Reston first because we feel as though we have the densities, the corporate base, and the Silver Line stations,” Strunk says.
“We’ve been toying with Capital Bikeshare, Arlington’s doing it, D.C. of course is doing it, Alexandria, Montgomery County – it takes a special area, special density to make it work,” he adds. “Tysons is obviously a good choice, Dunn Loring-Merrifield with the Mosaic District is also another good choice.”
Even the Reston bikes will not be rolling any time soon. “Realistically, I think it’s going to be at least two years,” Strunk says. Some Fairfax County leaders had hoped bikesharing would be available in time for the Silver Line’s opening early next year.
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Has something changed in the past few months? If so, that would be great. If not, it doesn’t appear that Reston CaBi is on the way in the near term.
I guess it depends on one’s definition of imminent. Even if they are certain to do Reston, they have to confirm they want it to be CaBi, they have to select the locations, decide on the number of docks/bikes, refine the cost estimates, go through the process of getting approval as needed for station locations, confirm the cost and officially fund it, order the docks and bikes, and then install them. So yeah, two years, I guess. And as you say, they may still have to deal with delays on the vendor side.
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