Cincinnati Pledges $200K in Funding for Popular Bikeshare Service
The city of Cincinnati pledged $200K to help keep the popular bikeshare service Red Bike in business for another year. This decision came after Red Bike’s board voted to shut the company down in March due to funding issues. While the city’s contribution — along with those of several other organizations — can keep the company afloat for another year, a more sustainable solution has yet to be found. This week on Upzoned, host Abby Newsham discusses the benefits of the bikeshare programs and the different ways they can be funded with Bryce Mortera, a student pharmacist and member of Civic Cincinnati (a citizen-led group advocating for people-centric growth in the city). Mortera will be co-hosting a workshop at the upcoming Congress for the New Urbanism, which (along with the Strong Towns National Gathering) will be taking place in Cincinnati in May.
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“Committee approves $200K in funding to help keep Red Bike operations running,” by Felicia Jordan, WCPO 9 News (April 2024).
Abby Newsham is the cohost of the Upzoned podcast. Abby is an urban design and planning consultant at Multistudio in Kansas City, Missouri. In her own community, she works to advance bottom-up strategies that enhance both private development and the public realm, and facilitates the ad-hoc Kansas City chapter of the Incremental Development Alliance. When she’s not geeking out over cities, Abby is an avid urban mountain biker (because: potholes), audiobook and podcast junkie, amateur rock climber, and guitarist. You can connect with Abby on Twitter at @abbykatkc.