Verizon announced a pilot project with solar-powered bike-sharing company Swiftmile on Friday to aid commuters in Santa Clara County, Calif.

The Internet of Things-based pilot project is designed initially to help Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority workers use one of Swiftmile’s four ebikes for short bike trips, including commutes from work to home and back again.

Next year, the project will be expanded to 80 bikes at the Stanford Research Park, according to Swiftmile CEO Colin Roche.

The transit authority first offered the Swiftmile bike service to its transit authority workers at Santa Clara headquarters a year ago, but until now, the bikes were not connected wirelessly or computerized. They have already been solar-powered to offer bicyclists the ability to move along electrically without peddling at up to 20 miles an hour.

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