UVA is hoping to get more people on bikes on campus. The goal is to start the largest University bike share program with over 100 bikes at 13 stations across campus.The school has applied for $500,000 in Virginia Transportation Enhancement Grant funding to launch the program. 
UBikes, the program is designed to allow access to bicycles for quick trips around campus. Riders would need to buy into the program to participate.
NBC 29 recently featured a news story on the grant and the proposed program. With luck the program will be up and running by Spring 2013.
This grant application comes on the heels of a smaller grant for the program that was received by the University in 2010. The original grant of $35,000 provided funding to explore and advance the idea of a university wide bike share program and integration into Charlottesville’s overall transportation plan.
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