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Fort Worth gets nearly $1 million for bike-share program
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority will get almost $1 million for bicycles and a related rental system.
It's only a million. Lunch money in DC...
It was one of 255 projects that the U.S. Transportation Department announced funding for Monday as part of $787 million in grants that were distributed nationwide, all aimed at modernizing and repairing transit systems throughout the nation.
It was one of 255 projects that the U.S. Transportation Department announced funding for Monday as part of $787 million in grants that were distributed nationwide, all aimed at modernizing and repairing transit systems throughout the nation.
Bike rental. That's what'll repair and modernize transit systems throughout this land of ours!
The politicians authority, which will get $941,728, will make bicycles available for anyone to rent by the day, week, month or year at public racks placed strategically around the city.
Fine idea. What's more rewarding than renting a bike to cruise downtown Fort Worth?
The plan calls for about 300 bikes and 30 bike stations in locations like downtown, the hospital district and TCU on the south, to the Stockyards on the north, and the West Seventh Street corridor on the west to Texas Wesleyan University on the east.
Good idea. Target the consumer: shoppers, students, cows...
The T set aside $100,000 as a local match when it applied for the grant earlier this year. It has raised $260,000 in sponsorship.
Good deal. I got twenty bucks. Can I have a hundred to match?
The program will be in place by next April, Dick Ruddell, chief executive of The T, said this morning. The heavy-duty three-speed bikes will come with locks, lights and baskets. Users will be able to use credit cards or program membership cards. Rental rates haven't been determined.
If they're anything like parking rates they'll be exorbitant...
Sponsors are Fort Worth South, the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, Downtown Fort Worth Inc., TCU, and Harris Methodist Fort Worth. A political contributor An outside vendor will operate the program, and The T will be sending out for proposals soon, Ruddell said.
Posted by: Fred 2012-07-24
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