Have you noticed those funky bike stands and blue bikes popping up all over uptown? So far there are at least a dozen of the proposed stands in the uptown area. The bikes are an exciting new initiative by the city and corporate sponsors called Charlotte Bcycle. It’s a bike share program that is part of BCBSNC GO NC! initiative to build healthier communities throughout the state. Charlotte Bcycle is the state’s first bike share program. The program will make 200 bikes available for rent at 20 stations in Uptown and surrounding neighborhoods. So far more than 250 people have signed up for the program.
How the Charlotte B-cycle system works:
· Users elect to become either day or annual members.
· Daily users pay $8 for a 24-hour membership, which allows them to use the bike for unlimited 30-minute rides. Bikes checked out longer incur $4/30 minute fees.
Blue Bikes Sprouting Taking Over Uptown was originally published on praisecharlotte.com
