Thanks to an effort launched by Caltrain, bike eLockers will be installed at most of its stations, allowing people with bikes to park them easily, affordably and securely. So far in 2021, 96 eLocker spaces have been installed on the corridor at the Belmont, Redwood City, Lawrence, Mountain View and San Jose Diridon stations.
The standard fee for an eLocker is $.05 per hour, with night and weekends priced at $.02 per hour. The eLockers are available on a first-come, first-served basis. In the past, Caltrain rented out keyed lockers to individual users, but the new eLockers will give people with bikes more flexibility and increase locker availability.
Following the railroad’s commitment to invest at least $3 million in wayside bicycle improvements in conjunction with the Electrification Project, Caltrain’s Board of Directors approved an award of a contract for the expansion of eLockers at the September 2020 meeting.
The contract, awarded to Berkeley-based eLock Technologies, LLC, will provide a guaranteed minimum of 632 eLockers at most of Caltrain’s stations along the corridor by the end of 2023, with the option to purchase up to an additional 718 units depending on customer demand and available funding.
This investment was made possible in part by grant funding from California’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
