Unlimited free 90 minute rides in Santa Monica

In March, Santa Monica took steps to make its bicycle share collective, Breeze Bike Share, free for users. Use was made free for 90 consecutive minutes at a time per trip with an unlimited number of trips per day. This initiative ensured that community members and workers continued to have access to safe, affordable, and reliable transportation options for essential trips through this uncertain time. Because of this action, the Better Bike Share Partnership, through the People For Bikes Foundation, granted Santa Monica $10,000 on May 27 to help sustain Breeze operations at no cost to riders at a time when 10% of Santa Monica households do not have access to a vehicle and community members who depend on it, may be hesitant to ride public transit. The collective also looked into additional steps to sanitize our fleet of bicycles.