Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Seeking Survey, Community Input

ATLANTA, GA -- In just a few weeks, Atlanta’s first bike-share system will debut downtown, with 100 bikes at 10 stations, growing to 500 bikes by end of year.

Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, City of Atlanta and CycleHop are calling on all Atlantans to take a short survey via text: When the bike share system expands, in what neighborhood do you want to see bike share stations? Take a short survey by texting the name of the neighborhood to 678-647- 7176.

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For the first month, Atlanta Bicycle Coalition will randomly select one survey participant each week to receive a $50 gift card. One lucky survey participant will win a grand prize: a brand new kid’s bike!

Owned and operated by Cyclehop, the bike-share program will allow Atlantans to rent a bike from any station. Atlantans can use the bikes as they wish, riding to and from work, to other modes of transportation such as MARTA and for leisure.

To take a bike, Atlantans will simply go to one of the stations, pay a small fee to rent the bike and drop it off at any of the other stations around the city when finished.

“We really want Atlantans to have input on where the bike-share stations expand to next around the city,” says Rebecca Serna, executive director of Atlanta Bicycle Coalition. “But the challenge is also creating interest in a type of public transportation that many people have never experienced. The survey is also meant to get residents thinking about the various ways they could use a bike-share program, from grabbing a bite to eat to using it in combination with other modes of transportation to easily travel all around the city.”