The Smyrna City Council voted 7-0 Monday, June 15, to pay $32,960 to Zagster for a bike-sharing program that will begin by mid-July.
Sixteen seven-gear Fuji Breezer Uptown 26-inch bicycles will be supplied with four stations that have not been determined yet by Zagster.
Of nine bike-sharing companies solicited, three companies responded, with Zagster of Cambridge, Massachusetts, offering the lowest price and risk to the city.
Zagster was the only respondent who will own and maintain the bicycles, provide a website at Zagster.com/Smyrna and replace the bicycles every three years at a minimum.
Also, Zagster will provide ongoing maintenance with trained mechanics and free replacement parts and will rebalance the fleet weekly, needing no city workers.
To prevent stealing, the bicycles will have Kryptonite-locking hardware and integrated lock holster.
Geofence will surround each docking station and send back information on the number of bikes at each station.
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