Pronto bike share headed to the Eastside?

Joe Copeland • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Pronto bike share headed to the Eastside?</h1>
                <h2><p>The state Transportation budget includes a surprise: $5.5 million for King County Metro to expand bike sharing to the Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Issaquah, according to the Seattle Transit Blog.  Guest writer Jason Shindler says the expansion might well be handled by Pronto, which has launched the first phase</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>The state Transportation budget includes a surprise: $5.5 million for King County Metro to expand bike sharing to the Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Issaquah, <a href="http://seattletransitblog.com/2015/07/10/bike-sharing-is-likely-coming-to-the-eastside/?ref=avalancheghost.one">according to the Seattle Transit Blog</a>.  Guest writer Jason Shindler says the expansion might well be handled by Pronto, which has launched the first phase of service in Seattle. Working from a King County Metro business plan, Shindler developed a map with suggestions for possible locations in Bellevue. Noting the importance of density for a sharing service, he says, "The only oddball is Issaquah."</p>
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The state Transportation budget includes a surprise: $5.5 million for King County Metro to expand bike sharing to the Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond and Issaquah, according to the Seattle Transit Blog. Guest writer Jason Shindler says the expansion might well be handled by Pronto, which has launched the first phase of service in Seattle. Working from a King County Metro business plan, Shindler developed a map with suggestions for possible locations in Bellevue. Noting the importance of density for a sharing service, he says, "The only oddball is Issaquah."

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By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi