See this link for the most recent hot-off-the-press update from Houston B-cycle!

The “quick take” is that rapid decisions were made to close 50% of stations (which included all stations in the Greater Heights) in the face of rising operating costs/declining revenues and, on Jan 26th, METRO voted to step in temporarily. We have asked Houston B-cycle for usage data and for the immediate re-opening of our station until a forward plan is agreed. It looks like that any re-opening would not happen prior to March 2023.

Funding: The annual cost of running the stations is about $7500. FWP is pleased that one objective of the closer integration with METRO is to lower operating costs. Another important request is that METRO include contributions to bikeshare funding from the 1% of sales tax that METRO receives to operate in the city/county, thereby providing bikeshare a source of consistent funding.

Please contact Houston Bikeshare at info@houstonbikeshare, our District H Councilmember Karla Cisneros at districth@houstontx.gov, and the METRO board at boardoffice@ridemetro.org to advocate for retaining this amenity in our park and as a key “last-mile” transit solution across our area.

Letter from our Board Chair, Maya Ford (Updated January 27) — Houston BCycle