Posted Dec 29, 2011, 9:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Cirrus
Where do you get 300 for Chicago?
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from the article below. full build-out of the system is planned for 500 stations over the next several years.
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City announces large-scale bike rental program
By Jon Hilkevitch Tribune reporter
2:19 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2011
Chicago will launch a bicycle-sharing program next year, spinning toward a goal of providing 3,000 bikes for short-term use between 300 pick-up and drop-off stations in the city by next summer and more coming later, officials said Wednesday.
The bicycles would be free for members to use during the first 30 minutes. Fees would be charged for additional time and for visitors to the city and other one-time users. Daily, weekly and annual memberships would also be offered, officials said.
The effort is billed as the city’s “first large-scale bike-sharing program.’’ A small existing program, called “Chicago B-cycle,’’ began last year with about a half-dozen bike rental stations along the lakefront and in the downtown.
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full article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,5673421.story
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