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Regional Shuttle Network Unlocks Seamless Last-Mile Travel With Citywide Bike-Share Integration
New TAP-linked platform lets riders transfer from shuttle to shared bike in under 30 seconds, cutting door-to-door times by 18 %.
Los Angeles, Calif. – November 24, 2025
Los Angeles County’s shuttle passengers can now pedal away from the stop instead of walking the “last mile,” thanks to a first-of-its-kind integration between the Regional Shuttle Network (RSN) and the county’s bike-share system. The upgrade, which went live at 5 a.m. Monday, synchronizes fare media, real-time arrival data and fleet rebalancing across 327 shuttle routes and 2,200 docked and dockless bikes.
Metro surveys show that 68 % of bus and shuttle riders walk up to 0.7 mi to their final destination, a segment that averages 11 min . By dropping a shared bike within 150 ft of every participating stop, RSN expects to shrink that leg to five minutes and expand the effective catchment of each route by 32 %. A September 2025 study of ferry-bike integration in New York found that coordinated scheduling and rebalancing raised combined ridership 14 % in the first quarter alone, a benchmark Los Angeles planners say is “readily achievable” on high-frequency corridors .
“We are treating bikes as rolling shuttle extensions,” said RSN Chief Executive Dana Richardson. “When a passenger taps off the shuttle, the same TAP card unlocks a bike in 2.3 seconds; no new app, no deposit, no fare penalty. Our pilot data indicate 42 % of transferred trips would otherwise have been made by car, so the carbon dividend is immediate.”
The platform launch caps a 14-month build-out that merged RSN’s CAD/AVL feed with the bike-share operator’s fleet-management API. Algorithms predict bike demand 90 min ahead with 87 % accuracy, dispatching rebalancing vans before spikes occur. Early-adopter cities—Glendale, Pasadena and downtown L.A.—recorded 38,000 linked trips during a four-week soft-open period, generating $124,000 in new farebox revenue and reducing average passenger wait-walk time by 18 %.
Equity features built into the program include:
– Auto-enrollment of low-income LIFE cardholders into a “Bike-FREE” tier (first 45 min daily at no charge)
– 124 new corrals sited in disadvantaged census tracts, each within 500 ft of a school, clinic or grocery store
– Multilingual voice and screen prompts at every docking pedestal
Statewide data from the New York Cycling Census released last month show that safe, seamless fare integration is the top cited enabler for shifting car trips to bike-transit combinations, outranking helmet giveaways or new lanes by a 3-to-1 margin . Los Angeles planners leveraged that finding to secure a $9.3 million CalTrans Adaptation Grant that will underwrite system expansion to 1,800 additional bikes and 18 more shuttle operators by 2027.
About Regional Shuttle Network
RSN is a joint-powers authority of 27 Los Angeles County transit agencies, coordinating 1,050 vehicles on fixed-route and on-demand shuttles that connect with Metro rail, municipal bus lines and now bike-share. Formed in 2019, RSN’s mission is to deliver “one-seat” mobility across city boundaries while cutting per-capita vehicle miles traveled 15 % by 2030.
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