The launch of a bike-sharing program in Aspen, originally envisioned this spring, has been pushed back until 2012, giving organizers more time to line up community support and the manufacturer more time to deliver the components on schedule.
WE-Cycle organizers had originally hoped to debut the system this spring, and had lined up enough support to make a down payment on the roughly $550,000 system, including eight to 10 high-tech kiosks, 100 bicycles and a computer system to track the bicycles. The manufacturer, however, couldn’t deliver the components for a May start and organizers want to take advantage of the full six months that they intend to operate the system, from May through October, said WE-Cycle’s Mirte Mallory.
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