·        511 Contra Costa has managed a bicycle to work program for the past two years. One of the goals has been to motive persons to include riding their bicycle "the last mile" in conjunction with transit. Our program; the Bicycle Commuter Assistance Program, takes  about 15 novice bicyclists, provides them with League of American Bicyclists "Road One" training, a helmet, lock and bicycle tune-up if needed and asks them to ride their bicycle to work, with a transit link if possible 2-3 days a week. The program runs from about May through September. We incentivize participants by providing them with refunds for their transit use and 52 cents for every mile they ride their bicycles to work up to $200.00 a month. We ask them to complete monthly diaries of their daily bicycle commute. Both years we have had over 100 applications for the program. This year 13 out of 14 participants completed the program. We plan to grow this program in the following years. Our goal is to have at least two classes of 15 participants next year.

Source: Matt Wood, Project Manager, 511 Contra Costa