Possible bike share at Hopkins
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “sga”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers a proposed student bike-share program at Hopkins.
- The News-Letter reported that the SGA proposed Jay Bikes after students saw Washington, D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare system, which inspired the program’s model.
- The paper reported that the program would offer low-cost bikes to students and faculty, and that 82% of 390 survey respondents supported it.
- The article says safety was a major concern, while Amy Sun wrote that safer routes from the Charles Street Reconstruction Project could help the system succeed.
- The reporter writes that organizers planned a station by the Rec Center, with a pilot in fall 2016 using at least three bikes on Fridays from 4–7 p.m.; success could lead to weekday service.