Most people reading and writing for Pedal-Omaha want to see more people on bikes hitting the streets of Omaha. One alternative to riding your own bike is to rent or borrow one.Within the past couple of weeks, news of two new programs offering bike rental and bike sharing in Omaha has caused a buzz.
Starting with a soft launch a few weeks ago, the Omaha Convention and Visitors Bureau began renting six Trek Lime bikes and four kid's Trek M200 mountain bikes to visitors of downtown Omaha. Read more about the bike rental program here.
Today marks the start of a free bike share program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, using eight donated bicycles, including a tandem bicycle. Read more about the bike sharing program here.
If you rent a city bike, or happen to be a UNO student or faculty member and try out the shared bikes, please come back here and post a comment letting us know how it went.
2 comments:
The idea is awesome and I hope that it works. The bikes are pretty old, which equates to not much loss if they are stolen, and spray painted a disgusting neon yellow.
Scott: I have a couple of pics I'll e-mail to you.
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