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Capital Bikeshare (also abbreviated CaBi) is a bicycle sharing system that serves Washington, D.C.; Arlington County, Virginia; the city of Alexandria, Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland. It has more than 300 stations and 2,500 bicycles, all owned by these local governments and operated in a public-private partnership with Alta Bicycle Share.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Capital Bikeshare )〕 Opened in September 2010, the system was the largest bike sharing service in the United States until New York City's Citi Bike began operations in May 2013. ==History== A predecessor to Capital Bikeshare, the SmartBike DC bike sharing service, debuted in 2008 with 10 stations and 120 bicycles. But that system — the first of its kind in the United States — never expanded, due in part to the expense and difficulty of installing new stations, which required the local utility company to bring electricity to each station. SmartBike DC ceased operations in January 2011. The D.C. Department of Transportation then joined with adjacent Arlington County, Virginia, to create Capital Bikeshare, a new service owned by the local governments but operated in a public-private partnership with Alta Bike Share.〔 The new service launched in September 2010 with 400 bicycles at 49 stations. Planning and implementation costs for Capital Bikeshare totaled $5 million, with additional first-year operating costs of million for 100 stations. The District's share of planning, implementation and first-year operating costs was partially financed by a $6 million grant by the United States Department of Transportation. Arlington County's operating cost share of the plan was $835,000 for the first year, funded by public contributions including a grant from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation as well as subsidies from Arlington County Transportation, Crystal City Business Improvement District, and the Potomac Yard Transportation Management Association. In April 2011, Capital Bikeshare administrators said they expect earned revenue to cover 50% of the system's annual operating costs. The District of Columbia also planned to sell advertising on Capital Bikeshare stations with the goal of raising . By February 2011, Capital Bikeshare had expanded to 100 stations in the District of Columbia and 14 stations in the Pentagon City, Potomac Yard, and Crystal City neighborhoods in Arlington.〔 In September 2011, Capital Bikeshare announced it had reached 18,000 members and one million rides in its first year of operation, doubling initial expectations. Capital Bikeshare has grown steadily, which has driven demand for more stations and bikes. Transportation agencies in each jurisdiction select the location of the rental stations, as well as the number of bike docks, depending on planners' estimates of local demand. Most of the system's users live in or near the city center; stations in the poorer eastern portion of the city are comparatively underused.〔 The National Park Service originally prohibited Capital Bikeshare stations on the property it manages, including large areas such as the National Mall. However, the agency later reversed itself and said that it would work to include new stations in future expansions. The first two of five approved Capital Bikeshare stations opened on the National Mall on March 16, 2012, shortly before the start of the 2012 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Also in March 2012, the Arlington County government gave away 550 red Capital Bikeshare helmets and twice as many flashing safety lights as part of a promotion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital Bikeshare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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