Kansas City B Cycle expanding - more than doubling the number of stations

Kansas City B Cycle is expanding.  A Fox4KC article has details: 

Kansas City B Cycle

A program that allows people to rent bicycles is expanding in Kansas City.

Bike Walk KC has received funding to expand the cycle sharing program into the Westport, Country Club Plaza, Brookside, Waldo and 18th Street and Vine neighborhoods.

The 13 new stands will join 12 stands that have been available in downtown Kansas City since 2012.

The programs allow riders to rent bikes for a day or the year. The bikes are fitted with GPS devices and kept on bike racks throughout the city.

Bike Walk KC Executive Director Eric Rogers says about 5,000 riders used the bikes in both 2012 and 2013 and a 10 to 20 percent increase is expected this year.

Kansas City B Cycle is a partnership between BikeWalkKC and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. It is the only advocate-owned bike share system in the country. The Missouri Foundation for Bicycling & Walking was very pleased to be able to play a role in starting the Kansas City Bike Share system by acting as fiscal sponsor for the system's first major grant.