Bikeshare Launches in Baltimore

It took six years and two returns from the dead, but Baltimore now has its own bike share system.

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November 2, 2016, 5:00 AM PDT

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Fern Shen reports on the launch of Baltimore Bike Share last week.

"Already, more than 350 people have plunked down $100 to be “founding members,” locking that annual rate in for life for membership that would otherwise cost $15 per month," according to Shen.

Shen quotes Liz Cornish, executive director of the private non-profit advocacy group Bikemore, in the article, talking about the new bike share program represents several victories for the city. "It took a while for Bike Share to be seen as public transportation – that’s such a huge win," she says in the article. "For years, the city saw it as some kind of flowery amenity."

The program has been in the works for six year, according to the history Shen lays out. Phase I of the program will launch with 20 stations, but the first 50 planned stations are all mapped for your viewing pleasure.

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