The City of Philadelphia is poised to implement a city-wide Bike Sharing program, which will directly benefit Penn students.

Bike sharing usually takes the form of a government-administered system akin to car rental where you book a bike to be picked up at one location and dropped off at another. Hence, bike sharing s especially useful for commuters, who take a bike from their home to work and then take another bike from work to home. For Penn students, bike sharing could alleviate the pain of science or math majors who want to get from their 40th street college house to the DRL!

To urge the City to bring Bike Sharing to Philadelphia faster, the UA passed a Bike Sharing Resolution. Sure enough, the City responded to lobbying from Penn and others and announced in the Greenworks Philadelphia initiative a comprehensive plan for city-wide bike sharing!