GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – If you’re looking for a quick lift around Green Bay, a new bike sharing program has officially made its way to town.
It’s called ‘LimeBike.’ Aaron Debee of Green Bay is as an avid bicyclist.
“I ride somewhere around 100 miles a week, exclusively downtown here,” said Debee.
He says he noticed the lime green bikes popping up around downtown Green Bay right away, “The rental bikes, I’m a part of, is absolutely ecstatic about it.”
The bikes are part of a new program launched by the city Monday called ‘LimeBike’.
“Lime is a dock less bike sharing system,” said City Economic Development Specialist, Matt Buchanan. “They operate in 70 communities across the country and as of yesterday they are now in Green Bay.”
Buchanan says 150 bikes have been stationed around the Green Bay area.
He says the way it works is you pull out the app, press ride, scan the barcode and the bike is your’s for the next 30 minutes.
Despite the city’s attempt to launch a similar ‘free’ bike sharing program in years past, Buchanan says the new model has proven to be successful in other cities.
“There really is some built-in accountability, the bikes have a locking mechanism right there on the back tire,” he continued “In order to unlock and use the bike, you use your smartphone app.”
So what do you do when the ride’s up? Buchanan says there are designated areas to drop off the bikes.
“We have designated lime parking throughout the community mostly in downtown but are painting more,” he further explained.
And as for Debee, he says he already plans to try it out.
“I almost thought about using it yesterday, I happened to be without my bicycle,” he told FOX 11.
