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Economy
Fort Worth gets nearly $1 million for bike-share program
2012-07-24
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

#10  D *** NG IT, how is Anne Hathaway as CATWOMAN going to share a bike wearing her costume???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-24 22:43  

#9  GWCC, or "Peak Harley-Davidsons"???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-07-24 22:40  

#8  Thanks for sharing Ebbang. Your aversion to skinny little men in spandex is shared by others, I can assure you.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-07-24 17:05  

#7  Bicyclists in my neighborhood have an unfortunate tendency to stray out of the bike lanes. Instead of going single file they go two by two or even three by three. Then they get all indignant when you honk at them because they're blocking car traffic.

Biking to work? Depends on how you feel about sweat. Makes me think about some of those Third World countries where they can't afford cars, trains or buses.

Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-07-24 16:58  

#6  This was tried in Australia in Melbourne and Sydney and was a collossal flop.

The usage rates were miniscule and the costs were much higer than expected AND all the bicycle lanes they build are a constant source of anger and frustration for just about everyone.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-07-24 13:41  

#5  I wouldn't ride a bike in D/FW unless it had 4 wheels, a protective cage, AC, and a way to accelerate to 60 in at least 8 seconds, good brakes, a mirror collection, and a way to signal the motorists.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-24 13:28  

#4  It's been a hundred degrees or more every day and more of the same in the forecast. Too hot even for bike thieves.
Posted by: Glolugum Hitler1017   2012-07-24 12:51  

#3  And bus fares on the T are getting higher too. Why aren't they using that money to cut bus fares for the lower income riders.
Posted by: Bigfoot Ebbeng7570   2012-07-24 11:05  

#2  No one lives in downtown Ft Worth. No one. And there are mostly stores on the outer fringes of down town Ft Worth.
Posted by: Bigfoot Ebbeng7570   2012-07-24 11:03  

#1  I think Amsterdam tried this; nearly all the bikes disappeared shortly after implementation.
Posted by: Pappy   2012-07-24 10:47  

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