Spin is a bicycle-sharing company that operates a station-less bicycle-sharing system, which uses a mobile app for reservations. The Spin bicycles are orange-colored bikes equipped with onboard GPS units and cellular modems. Rides cost $1 for every 30 minutes. Bicycles are unlocked using a mobile app that scans a QR code on the bicycle. Since, the Spin bicycles are station-less, they can be parked anywhere within the city at designated landscape/furniture zones on sidewalks. Spin's ground operations team will place Spin bicycles in an orderly fashion curbed on sidewalks at least six feet wide and at/or near bike racks and bike corrals. The company will ensure that bicycles are not obstructing pedestrian or motor vehicle traffic. Spin users and the general public can report bikes obstructing the public right of way 24/7 via the website or the app. Spin will then dispatch a ground operations member to deal with bikes reported as obstructing the public right of way.


Benefits of Bike Share Program:

Bike sharing is an innovative transportation program, ideal for short distance point-to-point trips. These programs aim to increase transportation options by helping people move quickly about their neighborhood or connect with the larger community without using a car. Bike share programs, also help to foster sustainable transportation choices and aid in reduction of air and noise pollution from vehicles and congestion. They have also been a proven to be a good economic development tool by connecting more people to local businesses. Overall, bike share programs are designed to provide an accessible, equitable, and environmentally-friendly mode of transport.

Bike-share programs moreover provide users with an important component of community wellness. The placement of bikes in public spaces, provide opportunities for communities to send a message of how much value is placed on the health and wellness. Bike-share programs offer an opportunity to increase physical activity in an age of under activity, create a culture of health, and enhance community awareness. Exercising outdoors delivers many health benefits; reducing risk of long-term disease, increase in cardiovascular health, improve mental health or overall mood, and even provides a sense of community with a common goal.

Essentially, this opportunity would truly enrich our current initiatives for improving the health of our beautiful community, the Town of Miami Lakes.

Spin Pilot Program:

As part of the pilot program, Spin will deploy an initial fleet of 150 bicycles to be available for rent. Over the course of the six-month period, additional bicycles will be added to the fleet based on the amount of ridership within the Town. The bicycles will be strategically located at key transit stations, commercial zones, and denser residential areas, where Spin bicycles may help address “last mile” transportation issues. Spin's station-less bikes, make their operations flexible, so that bicycle deployment areas can be easily adjusted and distributed based on user demand and usage data.

The pilot program comes with no cost to the Town and does not require any infrastructure improvements. Under the provisions of the MOU, the Town will authorize a non-exclusive license to Spin to use the public right-of-way for maintaining and operating its station-less bike-share program.

Spin will also be providing aggregated trip data to the Town, which will help Town leaders tackle mobility planning issues and get a better understanding of how constituents move around Miami Lakes.

In general, this program intends to provide broader mobility choices to Miami Lakes residents and visitors, provide better access to public transportation by addressing “first and last mile” transportation issues, and aid in reducing the number of vehicles on the road.