{"id":1066,"date":"2010-09-13T16:50:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2010-09-28T18:16:55","modified_gmt":"2010-09-28T22:16:55","slug":"partner-stations-blueprint-denver-the-bike-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/blueprintamerica\/featured\/partner-stations-blueprint-denver-the-bike-stop\/1066\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueprint Denver: Not just for Europeans anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Video: Rocky Mountain PBS<\/em>\"\"<\/a>
\n Text: Tom McNamara, Blueprint America<\/em><\/p>\n

You can \u201cTake the \u2018A\u2019 train<\/a>\u201d in New York City, but in Denver<\/a>, Minneapolis<\/a>, Washington, D.C.<\/a>, Des Moines<\/a> and a handful of other communities, you can hop on the \u2018B\u2019\u2026 <\/em>for bicycle (note: the \u2018B\u2019 remains a viable subway line in New York, but a bike-share program is in the works<\/a> there, too).<\/p>\n

Bike-share is the most recent form of mass transit \u2014 funded with both private and public dollars. It offers commuters the option of renting a bike at point A and dropping it off at point B, C, D, or back at A. Minneapolis, with 1,000 bikes, currently has the largest program in the U.S., but Denver\u2019s expanding program<\/a> could soon overtake it. Then again, if you\u2019re an American city with bike sharing, it\u2019s not hard to be in the running for the top spot \u2014 few cities have a program, but that\u2019s slowly starting to change.<\/p>\n

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Bike-shares are exploding in Europe<\/a>: 10,000 bikes in Paris, 1,500 in Barcelona, 2,000 and an additional 3,000 to come in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

While some might welcome the emulation of the European model here in the U.S., Colorado Republican gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes has warned voters that Denver\u2019s B-Cycle program is, in reality, a U.N. plot<\/a>. In the spirit of fairness to the fringes, some on the left might also find reason to cry conspiracy<\/a>, since the often maligned Clear Channel Inc. administers the D.C. program and launched bike-sharing programs in Rennes and Barcelona, among others. At the very least, bikers are on board.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a short video from our partners at Rocky Mountain PBS about Denver\u2019s B-Cycle<\/a> program:<\/p>\n

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