Pedaling is a popular method of getting around San Francisco, so much so it was recently named the second most bike-friendly city in the U.S. The interest in cycling has certainly been noticed by bike share companies, which have been popping up across the region. Now there’s a new one heading to a handful of San Francisco neighborhoods — and this one is stationless. 

Per Mission Local, San Franciscans can look forward to more options than the Bay Area Bike Share (now Ford GoBikes). Social Bicycles (SoBi) just launched their red JUMP electric bikes in The Mission, Financial District, Tenderloin, Western Addition, Haight, and Bayview. These bikes don’t require a station to charge up or be shared — they come with a GPS-enabled locking system that allows the bikes to be stationed at any bike rack in the surrounding area.

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While there are only 100 cycles in the city for now, plans are currently in the works to have more scattered throughout other neighborhoods. The fee to ride works out to about seven cents per minute.

The small rollout is part of a UC Berkeley study on choices of transportation in the city. The idea is to offer cheap bikes to compete with Muni and BART.

Users can either reserve a bike online or use the keypad interface on the bike itself to “reserve” and then use the bike right away. By reserving a bike, the user then gets a key code to unlock it.

The new bike share company is reaching out to local businesses and nonprofits to offer memberships to residents in the area.

The electric bikes were purchased specifically for the San Francisco area, however, Social Bicycles have programs all around the world including California cities Santa Monica, San Mateo, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and (coming soon) Sacramento and Santa Cruz.