Larkspur's transportation department launched a small bike-share pilot last year, placing forty bicycles at five downtown stations. [[The city should now expand the program to every major neighborhood.]] Skeptics note that bicycles serve only able-bodied riders and that winters in Larkspur are harsh. But the pilot's results speak for themselves: [[during the six months after the stations opened, weekday car trips into the downtown core fell by nine percent]], even though gasoline prices declined over the same period. A modest investment in additional stations would extend these benefits across the whole city, and the program's sponsorship revenue already covers most of its maintenance costs.