Boston Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday announced that the New Balance Hubway bike share system will add 18 new Boston stations this week.

Many of the new bike stations will be found along West and East Broadway in South Boston, the Southwest Corridor in Jamaica Plain, Centre Street and Egleston Square and the Uphams’s Corner area. In choosing these locations, the city of Boston partnered with the Department of Conservation and Recreation, MassDOT and the MBTA to find convenient sites with direct access to public transit and bike paths.

"The New Balance Hubway system has expanded access to biking to thousands of people across the region, and now it will be more inclusive than ever as it grows into Boston’s neighborhoods," Menino said in a statement.

Menino launched Hubway in 2011 with 61 stations and 600 bicycles. Since then, the system has expanded into Cambridge, Brookline and Somerville. With this most recent expansion, Boston will have 90 stations and 900 bicycles. The system will have 132 stations and 1,000 bikes.