When will yellow bikes hit the road again?
Question: Whatever happened to the yellow bikes of the summer of 2007? Are they ALL gone?
Answer: Your answer comes from Phil Holoubek, a member of the board of directors of Yellow Bikes LLC, which oversees the program:
The bikes are garaged for the winter.
2007 ended with 60 of the original 80 bikes being retained. That’s a 75% retention rate, much better than the 50% retention rate reported by other cities with a bike program.
May is National Bike Month and Holoubek says the yellow bike board is waiting until then to bring out the bikes.
Also, the yellow bike program will be much improved this year and details of the improvements will be released along with the bikes in May.
Holoubek says the first year of the bike program was a huge success and 2008 should be even better!
Linda Niemi
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