Chicago Firm Will Bring 42 Bike-Sharing Stations to Downtown Detroit in 2017

 

Biking is about to get more popular downtown.

Shift Transit of Chicago will provide 420 rental bikes and 42 stations for the city's first public bike share system.

Detroit Bike Share operations are projected to start next spring, the Detroit Downtown Partnership and the city announce, Marti Benedetti reports for Crain's Detroit Business:

The bike share program will provide short-term rental through a network of wireless, solar-powered kiosks planted throughout greater downtown. Shift Transit will provide the city with the equipment and technology from its U.S. equipment provider, PBSC Urban Solutions, which is based in Quebec, Canada.

City council members OK'd a three-year contract July 22.