Bike Miami Valley obtained a federal grant of $286,000 via the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, and the town is administering the grant to meet its necessities, mentioned Joseph Weinel, Dayton’s chief engineer.
Bids are due on April 28 and the contract ought to be awarded to the low bidder by the top of May, he mentioned.
The grant funds comes from the MVRPC’s regionally managed floor transportation program, Estandia mentioned.
Link put in 10 new bike hubs final yr, rising its community to 37 places.
A brand new Link bike hub at East Fourth Street and Huffman Avenue in East Dayton. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
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A brand new Link bike hub at East Fourth Street and Huffman Avenue in East Dayton. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFF
Link desires to improve the variety of electric-assisted bikes at its hubs, that are unfold throughout the town.
New hubs have been added final yr on Jefferson Street on the First and Fifth avenue intersections, and others have been put in in West Dayton by the Jobs Center and the Wright Dunbar enterprise district.
New hubs have been positioned at Huffman Avenue and East Fourth Street, in addition to East Third and June streets, close to the DK Effect “brewcade” and Gionino’s Pizza.
Others went into the Carillon neighborhood, close to the OneFifteen campus and Welcome Park, and Deeds Point, throughout the river north of RiverScape MetroPark.
The metropolis of Dayton additionally has beneficial giving Link and Bike Miami Valley about $100,000 of its federal rescue funds doubtlessly for brand new bike racks and signage in west and northwest Dayton.
If the mission is authorized, new racks probably might come to neighborhoods like Old Dayton View, Grafton Hill, Wolf Creek and Five Points.
Since launching, Link has had more than 18,500 customers who’ve taken more than 140,000 journeys in Dayton. Link customers lease bikes utilizing the group’s app, and pay charges on a per-minute or membership foundation.