Helllo, bike share! You’re so close.
Philadelphia made a few exciting announcements about the upcoming bike share yesterday. Most exciting, Philadelphia will be launching the bike share system in Spring 2015. It seems so long since we were live tweeting about the program in the making, right?
Independence Blue Cross will be the sponsor, providing $1.7 million a year for 5 years to assist operating the system. You’ll be able to rent bikes 24 hour per day and use cash, credit or member cards.
Michael Nutter held a press conference, debuting the newest, sexy two-wheeled transportation:
You can view the new Indego Site, explaining how the bike share will work and an upcoming Bike Share station map.
More details are over on Philly.com.
Readers, who’s psyched about the bike share? Tell us in the comments.
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