As biking continues to gain popularity in Northwest Arkansas, Pedal It Forward and Ozark Regional Transit work towards making bikes more accessible to people. SPRINGDALE, Ark. — As biking continues to gain popularity in Northwest Arkansas, local nonprofit Pedal It Forward is working towards making bikes more accessible.
Ozark Regional Transit (ORT) partnered with the local nonprofit for a bike giveaway day.
The transit system stocked their routes with two bikes each at the start of the day.
"It’s a multimodal collaboration. So oftentimes, if you use a bus to get somewhere, you then potentially have to walk to your final destination. And so by combining buses and bikes, we can get people more mobile, in Northwest Arkansas," Pedal It Forward Executive Director Kenny Williams said. Related Articles
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"They can hop on the bike after their $0 ride and get on their $0 bike and get to where they need to go," Erika Finnestead with ORT said.
Springdale resident Amanda Hasbrouck rode ORT’s On-demand bus from her home and pharmacy. She told 5NEWS that she’d be using her bike for transportation, especially throughout the Arkansas summer."It’s very important because sometimes the bus doesn’t get you right where you need. you have to do a lot of walking so in the heat it’ll help," Hasbrouck said."A lot of times a rider will get to a bus stop and then they still have another mile or so or even a half a mile. I don’t know […]
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