Subject: RE: Checking bikes out of the library?Ohh! My Alma Mater is doing a program like this called Otterbikes. Go here: http://www.otterbein.edu/Sustainability/index.aspand scroll down a wee bit. It basically says that for $10 a year you've got permission to rent a bike and pick it up from the library. It is part of a partnership with the college and the local bike shop (which is fantastic, btw, they cared for my baby all through undergrad ). OC is about 3,500 students in a suburban area...dunno how that compares. There's a contact on that page too, and I'm sure they'd love to talk about the program.
On a larger scale, the city of Barcelona does Bicing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicing.
When we were in Spain, those things were bloody everywhere, and everyone from college students in skirts to professionals in suits and suitcases were riding them.
Edited by phoenixazul 2010-03-04 2:50 PM
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