With snow (hopefully) behind us until fall, the bikes and scooters of Cedar Rapids’ bike share program are available again. This is the fourth year for what the city calls its “micromobility program.” The city launched the bike-share program in May 2019 and began a pilot scooter program a few months after that. Cedar Rapids […]
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So, ‘some jackass’ stole your bike? Welcome to Iowa City.
Robert Henderson bikes to get around Iowa City. It’s his main transportation. He works at Carlos O’Kelly’s cooking, washing dishes and bussing tables. He locks his bicycle behind the building by the dumpster. There’s a locked gate, too, just in case. But one night after finishing his shift, his bike was gone. Someone had cut […]
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Cedar Rapids bike share program is returning on Friday, with a new addition to the fleet coming later this month
The Cedar Rapids bike share program is returning this year with electric scooters, electric-assist bikes and a new addition to the fleet. The bikes and scooters are expected to begin arriving by Friday, according to a news release. A few weeks after that, about 100 sit-down scooters will be added as a new option to […]
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Electric-assist bikes and e-scooters are returning to Cedar Rapids in June, and the city announces more reopenings
Cedar Rapids’ bike-share program is returning for the summer. Bikes and scooters will arrive within the first two weeks of June, the city announced on Friday. There will be 150 electric-assist bikes and 70 electric scooters around the city, as well as 90 designated bike racks. The city launched the bike-share program in May 2019 […]
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Electric-assist bikes and (even more) e-scooters returning to Cedar Rapids in the spring
The number of scooters will increase from 30 to 80, and the full fleet of 150 bikes will be brought back in the spring once weather allows. Officials also shared potential plans to add an adaptive bike to the fleet. The city launched the bike-share program in May 2019
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After five years of false starts, Iowa City’s bike-share program will (probably) start in April
Last year, the Iowa City Department of Transportation announced the city’s long-awaited bike-share program was scheduled to launch “in the fall” of 2019. That didn’t happen. Just like it didn’t happen in 2018, despite the department announcing it planned to start the program in the fall of that year.
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Ride an e-scooter or electric-assist bike for free in Cedar Rapids Thursday
Last month, Cedar Rapids became the first city in Iowa to introduce electric scooters, as part of its bike-share program. People who have yet to try the e-scooters — or the electric-assist bikes introduced earlier this year — can do so for free on Thursday, Oct. 3, for the city’s “Move More Week.” Thirty scooters are available in various parts of
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Your Village: Is Iowa City getting a bike-share program?
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