JERSEY CITY — Jump, an electric bike company owned by Uber, wants to start operating in Jersey City as soon as New Jersey legalizes e-bikes statewide.

The company sent a proposal to Mayor Steve Fulop this month hoping to pave the way for an agreement between Jump and the city. Jump pledged to have a staff working in Jersey City, share revenue with the municipal government and stock the entire city with their pedal-assist bikes.

Citi Bike Jersey City last year removed almost all of its bike stations from the south side of the city, citing low ridership.

“There are holes in that program that do not allow for access in the entire city and we feel like we could fill those gaps,” Uber spokesman Josh Gold told The Jersey Journal.

In a statement the company gave to NJ Transit regarding the agency’s planned nine-month shutdown of the West Side Avenue branch of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Jump says this is “an ideal time to offer south side residents access to bike sharing.”

A request for comment from Jersey City’s spokeswoman was not returned. The city’s contract with the company that runs Citi Bike does have an exclusivity clause that bars the city from entering into contracts with other bike-share companies. That expires next year.

Brooklyn-based Jump operates in about 20 cities, including New York City, San Francisco and Providence. Unlike Citi Bike’s bicycles, which must be returned to a bike dock, Jump’s e-bikes can be locked anywhere once the user is done with it.

State lawmakers are working on a bill that would regulate e-bikes statewide, though it would give municipalities the opportunity to ban them from their bike paths. The bill (S-731) was passed unanimously in the state Assembly on Feb. 25 and is awaiting a vote in the Senate.

Mayor Steve Fulop announced in May that Citi Bike would roll out e-bikes over the summer but they have not been added to the bike-share company’s fleet because New Jersey’s laws on them have not changed yet.

Terrence T. McDonald may be reached at tmcdonald@jjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @terrencemcd. Find The Jersey Journal on Facebook.