Bike/Walk Twin Cities is the largest funder of Nice Ride, the nation’s largest bike-sharing
program.  With the program launch on June 10th, 2010, there are now 1,000 specially-made
bicycles available at 75 kiosks around Minneapolis for users to retrieve with the swipe of a
card. When the user is done, the bicycle can be returned to any of the other kiosks around
the area. This system is popular in many European cities but has not yet been attempted on
such a large scale in the United States.  Nice Ride is creating enormous community
excitement for bicycling transportation and demonstrates the potential of collaborative
public/private support for innovative projects.

For more information:

http://www.niceridemn.org

http://www.bikewalktwincities.org

News on Minneapolis bike sharing:

http://kstp.com/news/stories/s1597872.shtml?cat=1

http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2010/06/us_cities_bike_sharing_programs.html

http://www.startribune.com/local/95738134.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU