Next week, Aspen becomes the first mountain town on the continent to launch a self-service bike-sharing program, the 27th such program in the United States.
Thirteen bike-sharing stations are being installed around town, and the bicycles will be tested between now and the launch party on June 5. On June 6, the public will have its first chance to actually ride the new three-speed WE-Cycles designed especially for Aspen.
“Our community has been primed over the years as a recreational biking community, but now we’re truly becoming a transit-oriented and commuter-oriented biking community,” said Mirte Mallory, WE-Cycle’s co-founder and director.
Installation of the $500,000 system designed by PBSC Urban Solutions was funded by a list of public and private partners, including the Aspen Institute, Aspen Meadows Resort, Aspen Skiing Co., Aspen Valley Hospital, the city of Aspen, Genshaft Cramer LLC, the MyersRoberts Collective, the Nick DeWolf Foundation, Pitkin County and the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority. Aspen-Snowmass Sotheby’s is the program’s title sponsor.
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