The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, March 9
Author: Jeff Kosseff
[T]he United States does not yet have any government-run bike sharing programs. That will change in Washington this spring, when the municipal government partners with Clear Channel Communications to provide a 120-bike fleet throughout the city.
And Blumenauer, D-Ore., has gotten involved by launching a modest pilot program that will provide up to 30 bicycles around the Capitol Hill complex for employees of the House of Representatives to check out.
Blumenauer sees the concept catching on nationwide. As Congress begins discussing the next surface transportation funding bill, with hundreds of billions of dollars for roads and other transportation, he'd like to discuss using a small portion to fund other pilot programs for bike sharing.
Article: http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2008/03/bikesharing_program_coming_to.html
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