Joe Downtown: Bike-share program almost ready to hit the streets

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 | 3:04 p.m.

A few bikes with back-end solar panels are on the street now, but only as tryouts. During the first week of January, a bike-share program targeting Zappos employees who work downtown will be formally unveiled. Jude Stanion, a Downtown Project employee responsible for the bike-share program, said the bikes from ViaCycle cost about $2,000 each and will be equipped with chains that registered riders can unlock with their phones. An on-bike global positioning system device – not pedal assistance, though – is powered by a photovoltaic cell behind the seat. Using a bike would work like this: You’d see on ...

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By FreedomRadio (Joan Respondi)

Dec. 18, 2012

4:17 p.m.

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On a bike in Las Vegas in January... Whose brilliant idea was that?
By ChunkyFlyRight

Dec. 19, 2012

6:59 a.m.

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Chunky says:

1. Anything to reduce traffic congestion
2. Anything to get people doing a little exercise
3. Anything to get more attention for two-wheeled transportation
4. Anything to raise awareness among drivers to share the road

Is all a good thing!

That's what Chunky thinks!