Woodbridge Launches First-Ever Bike Share Program This Week

WOODBRIDGE, NJ — When did Woodbridge, New Jersey get so hip?

This Tuesday, Woodbridge Twp. will launch its first-ever bike share, joining the ranks of places like New York, Hoboken and Jersey City, all of which have had very popular bike-share programs in place for several years now.

How it works:

Bikes — look for their signature white color — have been installed at three locations: Downtown Woodbridge at Tanzman Park, Ferry Street Park in Sewaren & E. William Street Greenway Entrance in Fords.

You put your credit card into the locks to take out a bike, which you can then borrow for a few hours and then dock the bike back at one of those three bike docks.

You're going to need to download the Moveatic app to take the bike out, but you will not be charged. The Woodbridge bike share is free! The Bike Share Program is funded through a grant from Sustainable Jersey and sponsored generously by Bayshore Recycling.

The app uses your phone's location tracking to track which of the three bike docks you are near.

The grand opening of the Woodbridge Township Bike Share Program will be announced by Mayor John McCormac Tuesday in a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Ferry Street Park in Sewaren.

McCormac will be joined Tuesday by Julie DeSimone, program officer for the Mayor’s Wellness Committee, chief of staff Caroline Ehrlich, chairwoman of Greenable Woodbridge, Councilman Gregg Ficarra, Chairman, Mayor’s Wellness Campaign, members of the Woodbridge Township Municipal Council, Valerie Montecalvo, President of Bayshore Recycling and Gary Sondermeyer, Vice President of Operations at Bayshore Recycling.

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