Hey Jersey City bike riders! We just got some amazing news!

Mayor Steven M. Fulop and Jay Walder, President & CEO of Motivate, today announced sponsors for Jersey City’s new bike share program launching in September.

Citi will be the Title Sponsor, and the bike share program will be named Citi Bike. Citi Bike Jersey City and Citi Bike New York will be interoperable programs, meaning membership to one will entitle riders to the same usage in sister market. Four additional organizations– the Horizon Foundation for New Jersey, SUEZ North America, CarePoint Health and Jersey City Medical Center–Barnabas Health have been named Founding Sponsors. The program’s website www.citibikejc.com launched today as well.

The Program will create new, affordable transportation option for Jersey City and be interoperable with New York City’s Citi Bike program.

The program will launch with 350 bikes at 35 stations, providing a new, environmentally friendly, healthy and affordable 24/7 transportation option for Jersey City. Jersey City has added 22 new miles of bike lanes over the past two years and bike share represents the next big step in creating a more bike-friendly city.

Membership sign-ups start August 5th at www.citibikejc.com. Members who sign up before opening day will have access to the program in New York City immediately and ride in Jersey City on the system’s opening day. Pricing across New York and New Jersey will be the same, with an annual membership cost of $149. Members are entitled to unlimited use of the system for individual bike trips of up to 45 minutes. Members using the Citi Bikes for longer periods will be charged a graduated fee. There also will be options for day and weekly memberships.

Corporate memberships are also available. Any Jersey City employer that signs up by October 1st will be designated a charter member, with the opportunity to extend a 50% or 100% subsidy to every employee. More info is available by emailing marketing@citibikejc.com.

The Citi Bike program now joins other regional bike share networks including Hubway, Capital Bike Share and Bay Area Bike Share in providing a transportation network that serves residents across municipal boundaries with one single, seamless membership. Citi Bike in the New York / New Jersey area is the largest bike share program in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Citi Bike riders have taken over 19 million trips on the program in New York since it launched in May 2013.

For more information visit citibikejc.com

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