Yes it is official, the long and awaited bike share program finally started yesterday. 


For those of you who don't know about the bike share program, it began as a vision about two years ago. Work had been done off and on for the last two years, and a lot of the key framework had been completed. Only until this past summer though, did it turn into a reality that BEAST might be able to get this thing going in the fall.  BEAST has been working tirelessly this fall to construct an official bike checkout system that is free for all to use. With the help and support of many other people at St. Thomas and in the community the final piece of this enormous puzzle has finally come together. 


We launched the program yesterday with 8 bikes. We had somebody check out a bike within hours after the ribbon cutting! We envision the bike share program growing much larger than 8 bikes. We look to expand to over 15 bikes very shortly. 

Bike Share

(The bikes, after the bike share program launched on Wednesday)

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