Capital Bikeshare Events Scheduled to Peddle Membership

Commuters can give Capital Bikeshare a free try at some upcoming events in Silver Spring.

Montgomery County Commuter Services will be hosting a series of community events at Capital Bikeshare locations in Silver Spring in an effort to encourage and promote the bikeshare system to residents, businesses and employees.

The campaign is designed to showcase bikeshare station locations, demonstrate how the system works and encourage memberships. Additionally, commuter services wants to encourage local companies to promote the bikeshare program by offering them bulk or corporate memberships.

“Capital Bikeshare provides a simple, low cost and reliable way to commute short distances, connect with transit and travel around our urban centers during the workday,” said MCCS Section Chief Sandra Brecher.  “Bikesharing offers an environmentally-friendly form of transportation while fostering an active, healthy lifestyle.”

A series of events showcasing Capital Bikeshare are scheduled for Silver Spring.

The County will staff promotional kiosks at several bikeshare locations over the next few weeks to showcase the program and offer discounted corporate memberships, free single-day use registration codes and county bike route maps.  The following events in Silver Spring are free and open to the public:

• Friday, June 20,  3 – 7 p.m. – Ripley and Bonifant streets
• Wednesday, June 25, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Fenton Street & Ellsworth Avenue
• Wednesday, June 25, 5  – 7 p.m. – Silver Spring Metro Station
• Thursday, June 26, 3 – 7 p.m. – 13^th Street and Eastern Avenue
• Friday June 27, 1 – 5 p.m. –  Fenton Street and New York Avenue

For more information on the program, contact Commuter Services at 240-777-8380 or visit http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/bikeshare .

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