Bike Share

Have you heard of a bike-share program? A Bike Share program is an innovative transportation process(a way to get around in a better or healthier way.)in which somebody can use a bike to travel small distances and drop off the bike at the station in that service area. To add one of these programs in Bloomington/Normal would be a better and healthier option for transportation. For people to ride these bikes instead of driving cars is very helpful to the environment. Research done in some towns, in which there is a Bike Share program, has shown that, due to people riding the bikes, the towns see a marked decrease in cyclist injuries. A Bike Share program in Bloomington Normal is a great idea.

With a bike-share program the community has a better alternative to buses and cars. Rental bikes give a better way to travel since they are better for the community and the environment. If we had a bike-share program in Bloomington Normal everybody would have the opportunity to get around town in a healthy, more efficient, way(2). Throughout the United State …show more content…
Actually there are no serious problems that have developed in the many years the bike-share programs have been present(7). The Washington Post has an article that states that cyclist head injuries have gone down 14% and overall cyclist injuries have gone down 28% since the bike-share program was added(4). That means that people got use to all the bikes and less people are getting hurt which means the danger levels will go down for bike riders! Another concern is competition. Many people fight getting a bike-share program by saying that it will cause already existing bike shops, that rent out bikes, out of business. There actually is a article that states that as people start using bikes more and more when they grow up they graduate into purchasing their own bike(1). Which is how the bike shops will make their