The bike sharing kiosk on the north side of the Mary Couts Burnett Library is one of two stations that was added to campus in June. (Camilla Price/Copy Desk Chief)
TCU added two kiosks from the Fort Worth Bike Sharing program on campus over the summer as part of a larger effort to promote healthier and more sustainable alternative transportation – and students are already hopping on board.
Senior Alex Matthews, a computer science and math double major, said the rental bikes offer a good option for students who want to avoid the hassle of maintaining their own bikes on campus.
“It’s a very fun thing to just know it’s there because biking is something you can do casually. You don’t have to be super athletically talented,” said Matthews.
Matthews rents bikes from the station in Worth Hills, which was installed in June along with one on Lowden Street on the north side of the Mary Couts Burnett Library.
“We kind of had time to get them settled and make sure there were no kinks before the students came back for August,” said Fort Worth Bike Sharing director Jennifer Grissom. “But it was amazing, they started being ridden right away.”
The bike sharing program has about 500 active users from TCU, including 66 new users who registered in the last month, said Grissom.
As of Sept. 9, the kiosks at Lowden and Worth Hills have had a combined 588 checkouts since their installation.
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