By next fall, students, faculty and staff at UW will be able to use a fleet of 40 “power assisted” bikes that can be used as electric scooters that travel up to about 20 miles per hour or that can be pedaled like normal bikes. The university says theirs is the first college transportation initiative of its kind to offer automated hourly vending.
Anyone with a campus identification card would be able to snag one of the bikes on demand at kiosks placed throughout campus. A student could rent a bike at one location, take it into town and return it to another location. Kavanagh said some rental programs force users to pay per minute or
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1 Fritz // Nov 28, 2007 at 8:31 am
Thanks for the link love! I hope to see photos of this when it’s in place next year.
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