{"id":2631,"date":"2010-09-23T07:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T11:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/bike-sharing-on-campus.html"},"modified":"2010-09-23T07:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T11:22:00","slug":"bike-sharing-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/bike-sharing-on-campus.html","title":{"rendered":"Bike-sharing on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>
\nI keep hearing VSU students say “I don’t have a bike here”.
\nThere’s a solution for that, as Didi Tang writes in USA Today,
\n
\nBike-sharing programs spin across U.S. campuses<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nShelenhamer, 20, is one of a number of students across the USA taking advantage of free or low-cost bike sharing programs, which have become increasingly popular. Drury students agreed to pay a $20-a-year sustainability fee, which funds the bike program. The Springfield, Mo., school purchased 40 new bikes for use by students in time for the fall semester.<\/p>\n

\n“It’s helped me so much,” Shelenhamer said. “It’s been fun.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That was at Drury University.
\nSimilar programs are available elsewhere.<\/p>\n


\n
\nEmory and Georgia Tech do it,<\/a> through a grant from the Ford Foundation.
\n
\n<\/a>
\n
\nThe University of Florida does it<\/a>,
\nthrough the
\n
\nCollegiate Bicycle Company.<\/a>
\nUGA
\n
\ndoes not.<\/a> :-)<\/p>\n

\n“The demand is coming from students,” says Jeremy Friedman, manager of sustainability initiatives at New York University. This summer, NYU kicked off a pilot bike share program with a fleet of 30 bikes available for free checkout from the front desks of many residence halls.<\/p>\n

\nFueling the demand are the public embrace of biking culture, new miles of bike lanes and the economic recession that has many tightening their spending, Friedman says.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/a>
\nOK, so there aren’t many bike lanes here.
\nBut more bicycles will increase the demand for bike lanes.
\nAnd meanwhile bicycles can ride in the street just like cars,
\nas a bunch of bicycles do every month at
\n
\nCritical Mass.<\/a><\/p>\n

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