The Republic, a newspaper in Columbus, Indiana, recently published an Associated Press
story about a celebratory bike ride from Minneapolis and St. Paul mayors R.T. Rybak and Chris Coleman.
The two mayors jointly participated in their cities'
Nice Ride public bike-sharing program.
Along with a number of other local bicyclists, the mayors started pedaling at the
Seward Coop in Minneapolis and ended at a St. Paul
Dunn Bros coffee shop.
Their ride was a nod to the program's expansion, which involves adding another
43 bike stations to its 73 in Minneapolis last year. This time around,
the bike stations are popping up in both cities.
Proponents of such bike-sharing
programs say that they can "help cut down on obesity, traffic jams and auto
emissions," the story states.