A quick run down of Florida's existing bike share programs and a look at what's coming in 2017.

SkyBike WPB West Palm Beach

Number of Hubs: 14 Number of Bicycles: 150 Year Established: June 2015

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SkyBike is made possible thanks to the sponsorship provided by SkyBridge Capital in partnership with P3 Global Management Inc. and the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority. In addition Visit Palm Beach (VPB) offers guided bicycle tours of downtown West Palm Beach and the Island of Palm Beach under a partnership with Skybike.

For more information: https://skybikewpb.com/

Swan City Cycles Lakeland

Number of Hubs: 7 Number of Bicycles: 35 Year Established: December 2015

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The program is made possible by sponsorship from the City of Lakeland’s Community Redevelopment Authority, Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, as well as: Lakeland Vision, Citrus Connection, Polk Museum of Art, Lake Morton Neighborhood Association, First United Methodist and Florida Southern College.

For more information: https://bike.zagster.com/lakeland/

SGA Bike Share University of Central Florida - Orlando

Number of Hubs: 3 Number of Bicycles: N/A Year Established: 2014

The SGA Bike Share is open to all students with a valid UCF Card. There is no rental fee to rent a bicycle, lock, helmet, and light for one work day.

For more information: https://studentunion.ucf.edu/bike-share

In addition, some college and universities features non traditional bike share programs, allowing students to rent bicycles on-campus by the semester. Examples include Florida State University’s FSU ReCycle and University of Florida’s Gator Gears.

Coming Soon!

Cocoa Beach Bike Share Cocoa Beach

Number of Hubs: 10 Number of Bicycles: 50 Year Proposed: 2017

Initial plans call for Brevard County’s Transit One Council for Transit Advocacy and the Space Coast Office of Tourism to work with Zagster to launch a pilot program in 2017. The $110,000 start up is being funded with money raised from the county’s 5 percent Tourist Development Tax on hotel rooms and other short-term rentals.

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SWARM Bike Share Jacksonville Beach/Beaches Town Center

Number of Hubs: 2 Number of Bicycles: N/A Year Proposed: 2017

For more information: https://www.swarmbikes.com/#

Article by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com