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Aspen to launch bike-share kiosks

April 17, 2011

Aspen, Colo. is another city on the bike-sharing bandwagon and will offer its own program next year.

According to the Aspen Times, the launch was originally planned for this spring but has been pushed back to give organizers more time to line up community support and the kiosk manufacturer more time to deliver the components.

The $550,000 program includes eight to 10 high-tech kiosks, 100 bicycles and a computer system to track the bicycles, said Mirte Mallory of WE-Cycle, the organization planning the deployment.

The group has also planned two week-long demonstrations involving two of the kiosk/bike stations to allow users to get a better sense of how the system actually works. They'll check out a bike at one kiosk, ride it to another destination and dock it in a kiosk there.

"People will be able to ride a bike from point A to point B — actually use the interface," Mallory said.