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Free bike share program coming to St. Joseph | newspressnow.com

Submitted by Brent Hugh on Mon, 03/13/2017 - 7:10am

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The City of St. Joseph Health Department is developing a bike share program that will allow users to pick up and drop off bikes at numerous “self-service” stations at no cost.

Nancy Taylor, a health educator with the health department, said they’re planning to make the free, healthy transportation option available in early May.

Taylor has been researching bike share programs for a few years, but thought it was a “pie in the sky idea” for St. Joseph until she discovered Green Apple Bikes’ sharing program based in Manhattan, Kansas.

Green Apple has been distributing its bike share program manual to communities that want to build their own programs by following a similar format that makes the free riding service affordable for a city to operate and accessible for all users.

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Free bike share program coming to St. Joseph | newspressnow.com
MoBikeFed comment: This could be a really good bike share option for cities and towns around Missouri.

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