Denver grads create 'bike library' for people in need of a free ride
. "They got the entire university community all enthused and excited about this," he says.A number of other universities have some form of bike-sharing, "but to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a university has partnered with a city" in such a program, says Chase Squires, DU senior public affairs specialist.
In recent years, bike-friendly programs of various types have sprung up in communities around the country:
• The non-profit Bicycle Kitchen in Los Angeles asks volunteers to teach people to fix their own bikes for a donation of $7 an hour; no one is turned away for lack of funds.
• In Sacramento, non-profit Cycles 4 Hope collects and refurbishes bicycles for the homeless.
• In Washington, Bikes for the World, sponsored by the Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA), collects unwanted bikes and parts in the USA and delivers them to the poor in developing countries.
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