Columbia organization looks to retry bike-sharing program | KOMU

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Over the past several years the idea of bike-sharing in Columbia has been tossed around but has come up short each time.

The city once tried a program and offered free bikes as a trial. The bikes were taken but were never returned. The assistant director of PedNet Coalition, Lawrence Simonson, said this time around his company and the city are working to get all the details together before anything is physically put downtown.

Simonson said through an email that PedNet has been acting as a facilitator. And there have only been discussions with many potential community partners. However, at this point there is no discussion of the City owning, operating, or implementing the system. If through the discussions it is decided a feasibility study can be conducted (by an outside consultant).

"The study looks at possible locations, how many bikes to start with, how many stations to start with, where those stations and bikes should be located and who the potential users are," Simonson said.

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Columbia organization looks to retry bike-sharing program | KOMU

If smaller Missouri communities like Columbia are able to successfully implement bike share systems, it will make the absence of a St. Louis bike share even more remarkable.