Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Bike sharing at penn state!
Hey guys. So im working on this research report for my eng 202c class about, you guessed it, installing a bike sharing system here at penn state. The numbers are still fresh and roughly estimated, but i just calculated that if 23% of penn state students sign up for a $50 a year plan to use bikes around campus with their psu id card, the program would make more than $650,000 a year in revenue. The 23% came from the amount of people in paris france who use a similar program relative to paris's population. This includes everyone from children to the elderly. I hope that this percentage will be more here at a university and i am very excited about the liklyhood of this project being successful. Even though this class is almost over, if anyone is interested i will keep you in the loop about whats going on, and if i can get this idea off the ground.
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I think this is a great idea as long as measures were taken to increase the safety for riders on campus/off campus.
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