Major New Transportation Option in Reston Opens Friday

RESTON, VA — Good news, Reston residents: you now have a new option to get around town. Capital Bikeshare is expanding into Fairfax County with two satellite networks along Metro's Silver Line, with one of them being right here in Reston.

Capital Bikeshare is unveiling 15 stations in Reston on Friday, Oct. 21, that will serve the Wiehle-Reston East Metrorail station and the Reston Town Center area, according to a statement from the company.

The Fairfax County Department of Transportation has confirmed that Oct. 21 will be the first day that Capital Bikeshare will be available in the county, and there will be a two-part ribbon cutting, one at Reston and the second at Tysons Corner, the other location to get bike stations.

Capital Bikeshare is a bicycle sharing system that currently services Washington, D.C., Arlington and Alexandria on the Virginia side, and Montgomery County in Maryland. It has more than 400 stations and 2,500 bicycles, and a ridership approaching 6,000, according to reports. The bicycles are owned by local governments and operated in a public-private partnership that launched in September 2010. It is the second largest bike sharing service in the United States, second only to Citi Bike in New York City, which began operations in 2013.

Image via Capital Bikeshare