Expand the Capital Bikeshare system with more stations to further reduce traffic congestion and parking shortages
Everyone complains about traffic congestion and lack of parking but real solutions to these problems are hard to come by. Increasing reliance on biking is a tried and true way to solve both problems.
The Capital Bikeshare program has been a huge success with a recent expansion bringing the total number of stations to over 140 stations, but membership and usage is still growing so fast there's often full and empty stations where and when they're needed most.
There are also many areas of the city without stations making the system unusable for those who live or work in those neighborhoods, especially low income neighborhoods where the $75/year annual membership makes biking more affordable than car ownership or even public transit.
Increase the city's funding in this program to help it grow for thousands of more residents currently relying on a car for transit.
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In Town Brown commented
Reduce traffic, If there is no bike lane, traffic is slowed doing rush hour. Create more bike lanes, instead of having bikers going in and out of traffic, causing accidents. Also bikers need to stick to the traffic rules.