If you feel Kimberly and Howard for whichever particular reasons should be a destination, then by all means suggest it.

This location is a destination as the entrance to West Haven, the waterfront, the sight of developments that have already begun, while simultaneously situated near many neighborhoods and businesses.

Two of the other suggested points include, at the end of the nature trail at Bayview Park (at Long Ward) and Cedar St. between Davenport and Congress.

I believe there is a suggestion to be placed in the area of Career High School.

I'm not of the that neighborhood. So I've intentionally not made any suggestions yet, but somewhere like your suggestion of Kimberly and Howard (maybe the Police Substation or a bit more south at Betsy Ross Magnet), Hill Health, Clemente High/Middle Schools. Perhaps the is a particularly community involved Church, high trafficked store (C-Town), or a location picked not necessarily because it is a destination itself, but because it is central to the neighborhood(s).

I'll be the first to admit, West Haven is far from leading the way in cycling infrastructure. Instead of dwelling on the negative I propose to work together to change it. As New Haven residents borrow these bikes to visit our beaches, hopefully the increased traffic will inspire our officials to finish the East Coast Greenway plans to decongest the roadways and make cycling safer. As West Haven residents have access to the bike share program, they'll be helping to fund New Haven's BSP, while simultaneously being inspired to insist on getting cycling infrastructure in West Haven (beyond the ECG).

If these Bike Share Locations were up to me, I would look at the density of locations I was allowed to start with, use that to determine how many BSL's to place at the boarders of NH, then reset the density with what was left and evenly space the locations with only minor adjustments for the nearest high traffic areas of interest. This way NH residents are never any further than ~x distance per the density=x^2 area, while also encouraging use from and into every outlining community. This helps keep motorized traffic out of the inner city, provides final drop-offs as non-residents leave the city (example: I picked up at ECG/Kimberly Ave bridge, drop off at ECG/Dixwell and Skiff entering Hamden), as a final pick-up for residents entering surrounding communities (example: pick up at East Shore/Hale Park to visit East Haven maybe Branford). Because of high use areas some locations may need to be larger and may even encourage a higher density of locations, but it's much harder to identify where the use could be if the area never started with as much potential as any other.

Thank you for your help in getting the New Haven bike share pedaling away! As you may have seen, we're currently in the process of installing 30 bike share stations around town at locations which were chosen with the help of critical community involvement like yours. Please visit https://www.bikenewhavenct.com/stations to review these locations and sign up for bike share today!