Exciting news: recently one of our teammates went to interview David Shan, the owner of VBikes, a stationless bicycle sharing company originating in Dallas, Texas with headquarters in Garland, TX. They were interested in our mission and work and heard about our dilemma and troubles using Hubway bikes for our long Blue Heron bike ride. (We have been wanting to increase the number of bike rides we lead, but we are trying to encourage people without bikes — so you can see where our dilemma lies). After speaking with a VBikes company contact (Shawn), VBikes decided to partner and support our efforts. We don’t know exactly where the collaboration will go but in the meantime, we are excited to announce that we have five new VBikes at the PN2K Office. Here’s Yaoming with our snazzy new VBikes! The great thing is that they don’t require kiosks and only cost us $1/hr to ride. I think we’ll need to take this out for a test spin soon! ~ Keep Calm & Pedal On
