Ferguson launches innovative city bike program

Several Ferguson city employees recently completed training for bicycle handling and safety and are now using loaner bikes to get around town.

If you’ve noticed a few extra bicyclists on Ferguson roadways lately, chances are they were city employees. That’s because Ferguson just became the first municipality in St. Louis to offer a loaner bicycle program for city staff!

Using a federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grant, the city purchased the fleet of ten bikes several years ago and has been sharing them with residents during Live Well Ferguson’s Sunday Parkways events. But on regular work days, Ferguson employees are now urged to use the bikes for short trips and exercise. They’re also tracking their miles cycled and calories burned in Trailnet’s Shift Your Commute challenge, a regional competition between local workplaces that encourages employees to commute by bike.

Of course, this city loaner program isn’t quite the project a few of us proposed last year. We were hoping to offer free bike rentals to the general public, centered around the Ferguson Brewhouse and the Ted Jones Trail nearby. But hey, this is pretty darn awesome! A great start for a city that always seems to be rolling forward….

Bravo, Ferguson!

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