Alexandria: Please speak up for bikeshare

[lordofthemark]

Comment submitted to the City site.

Jonathan,

Is this purely a budget issue? If they approve the funds, does Alta/Bixi or whomever they are now have the docks/bikes to install?

Also, when is the next BPAC meeting?

Thanks.
Ken

[JimD]

Ken,
In response to your questions:
– The Capital Bike Share issue in Alexandria is purely a budget issue for operating funds. Alexandria has grants for the purchase and installation of 16 new stations with bikes and the supply chain issues from last year have been resolved. We aer asking our City Council to allocate funds to subsidize CaBi the operations at an estimnated cost of in Alexandria of about $10,000 per station.
– The next Alexandria BPAC meeting is Monday, March 16th at 7 PM at the Durant Center, 1605 Cameron Street, Alexandria, VA. Good line-up of topics; we hope to see you there.
Thanks!
Jim

[elbows]

A timely request. I was annoyed that the area where I was volunteering on Sunday in Alexandria lacked a nearby station – Monticello Park. By the time I walked from Monticello Park to Delray for my post-ivy pulling girl scout cookies, the girls were packing up. Imagine the dollars that would have stayed in Delray had I gotten there faster. I have submitted my request for whatever good it does.

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