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Seattle’s bike share failure an unfair comparison with St. Pete’s plans

Published on February 9, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Janelle Irwin

The Tampa Bay Times is drawing attention to a possible hang-up for bike share aspirations in St. Pete: Seattle’s program is saddled with debt. That’s a scary prospect, indeed. But the article is, at best, making a mountain out of a molehill and, at worst, entirely irrelevant. Let’s first look at the mountain-out-of-a-molehill scenario. Seattle, huh? Short of Hawaii or Alaska, you can’t get any farther from the Sunshine City than that. What about Tampa where the program is a…

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St. Pete City Council still unsure about bike share

Published on January 28, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete City Council appeared to still be on a fence during a workshop discussing a proposed bike share program that would cost the city $1.5 million. The board agreed Thursday, though not by formal vote, to refer the conversation to a Public Services and Infrastructure committee meeting Feb. 25. City Council will vote officially to schedule the committee item at its Feb 4 meeting. The $1.5 million city request would be broken up three ways to equally tap parking…

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