Local leaders and transit officials recently celebrated the expansion of the Bay Wheels bike share program in Daly City at one of its newest stations just outside City Hall.

“This pilot program is about more than just transportation,” said Daly City Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual. “It’s about providing a healthy, affordable and sustainable option for our residents to get to their jobs, schools and sustainable option for our residents to have a transit hub.”

Bay Wheels is the region’s largest bike share program and allows people to rent bicycles and ride from one loading dock to another. The docks are located throughout San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, and now Daly City.

Daly City got its first Bay Wheels bike rack last year at its BART station.

About two weeks ago, Bay Wheels loading docks began popping up throughout Daly City. As of Friday, five stations are up and running. The remaining three are expected to be rolled out by the end of this week, bringing 80 new electric and regular bikes in total.

So far, there are Bay Wheels stations located at Daly City City Hall, the Westlake Shopping Center, Westlake Library, John Daly Boulevard and Mission Street, and Templeton Avenue and Mission Street.

‘Absolutely amazing’

Bay Wheels is operated by Lyft under a contract managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which helps coordinate and finance transit projects across the Bay Area.

“To see this expansion is absolutely amazing,” said Gina Papan, a commissioner on the MTC. “We’re expanding bike share in Daly City for the residents, for people who visit Daly City and up and down the Peninsula.”

Local officials check out a new Bay Wheels bike share station in Daly City on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. From left are City/County Association of Governments San Mateo County vice chair Michael Salazar, Daly City Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual, policy and strategy consultant at Lyft Tejus Shankar, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition executive director Clarrissa Cabansagan, commissioner of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Gina Papan, Metropolitan Transportation Commission chief deputy executive director Alix Bockelman, and San Francisco Supervisor Myrna Melgar. (Alise Maripuu/Bay City News)

Papan and Daus-Magbual were among attendees who put on helmets and tried out riding e-bikes.

“I grew up here in Daly City and bikes were how you got around,” Papan said.

Michael Salazar is the vice chair of the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, a coalition of representatives from each locality in the county that work to manage quality of life issues, including transportation. He is also a member of the San Bruno City Council.

Salazar sees Bay Wheels’ expansion into Daly City as a step forward in the broader effort to spread the bike share program to San Mateo County.

“Just imagine a future where our commuters ride Bay Wheels to work, to the Caltrain stations,” Salazar said. “Families use it to visit parks, and students depend on it to reach their classes, everywhere from Daly City to East Palo Alto to Half Moon Bay — that is our vision for the region.”

Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.