Pony Express Bike Share

Bike Share program begins in St. Joseph

August 2, 2017 by Nadia Thacker 

Bikes will now be available to borrow at various locations in downtown St. Joseph.

The City of St. Joseph is launching its Pony Express Bike Share (PEBS) program with a ribbon cutting Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Civic Center Park. Stephanie Malita with the Health Department said the free program will allow people to borrow bikes and take short trips within the city.

“We’re going to open it up in the downtown area because it’s a flatter area,” Malita said. “We’re hoping people will find it easier to ride in the downtown area because it’s not quite as hilly.”
Malita said 40 bikes will eventually be available at a total of seven locations. Those locations include: Patee Park, Transfer Station, Coleman Hawkins Park, Radisson Hotel, Visitors Center, Buchanan County Courthouse, and Remington Nature Center.

“You get on a bike from a rack and ride it to any other rack or ride it back to the rack that you borrowed it from. We ask that people use it for four hours or less at a time,” she said. “If you stop at a location and want to go into a business for a meal or to shop, which we hope people will do, then you can turn the seat sideways…Which will indicate that it’s in use.”

The project was supported by a block grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and community partnerships.

(from the SJ Post http://www.stjosephpost.com/2017/08/02/bike-share-program-begins-in-st-joseph/#disqus_thread)