Chicago plan to give away thousands of bicycles starts out slowly, costs $231,000 so far
In late March, at a luncheon for the city’s political and business elite, Chicago transportation Commissioner Gia Biagi announced the city would be giving away 5,000 bicycles.For months since, the Chicago Department of Transportation has held back key details of the program, but on Monday it released a timeline showing the bicycle giveaway will roll out slowly.
CDOT said it will gradually increase distribution of the bikes in the coming years, until all 5,000 single-speed, commuter-model bikes have been provided. The city did not have an estimate of the total cost of the program, and spokeswoman Amanda Bolton said officials hope this year to seek competitive bids to provide bikes for the program’s later years.
The program comes as the city recently released a climate action plan that called for prioritizing walking, biking and transit use to lower emissions. Among those set to receive bikes in the first year of the giveaway are participants in CDOT mobility programs like Chicago SAFE Ambassadors and Open Boulevards events, along with the Greencorps Youth Program, where high school students learn how to assemble and maintain bikes among other skills. Bikes will then be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to qualifying applicants.
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