City Receives $375K State Grant for Bike-Share Program
The system could be implemented within a year.
College Park will receive a $375,000 state grant to cover most of the cost for eight Capital Bikeshare stations in the city, which could be operational in about a year. Commuters will be able to rent a bike from one station and return it to any other station, either in College Park, Washington or Arlington. Planning Director Terry Schum said she expects the program to play a key role in getting commuters to consider alternative transportation options, adding that Bikeshare is well-suited for the home city of the University of Maryland. “It’s sort of a no brainer with the college,” she said. Sophomore Brooke Rosenblatt wasn’t confident she would use the bike-share program, but said that students who live on campus without a car might find …
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