Bike Pottstown gears up for fall

From GVF Transportation:

Bike Pottstown, the Borough of Pottstown’s free community bike share program which began this past June, has already checked out its one-hundredth bike. Bike Pottstown is the Philadelphia region’s first free community bike share program. Program participants, mostly from the Pottstown area, have made great use of this free asset.

In response to the initial success of the program, Bike Pottstown is pleased to announce that it will continue to offer bikes to the public through the entire fall season. We anticipate that with cooler temperatures, more people will come out to ride.

Checking out a bike is very easy: the bikes are located at Tri-County Bicycles, 248 E. High St., in the heart of Pottstown’s downtown district. There is no charge to check out a bike, all you need is a valid form of photo I.D. Tri-County Bicycles is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The bikes must be returned by the end of the day they are checked out. Each bike comes equipped with a lock and a basket on the front. Helmets are offered at no cost, and are strongly recommended.

Bike Pottstown was made possible through a grant by the Pottstown Area Health and Wellness Foundation and with contributions from Blast From the Past Street Rods, Exelon Limerick Generating Plant and the Pottstown Police Officer’s Association.

Be sure to come out this fall and take a bike for a ride. Pottstown has great biking amenities, including bike lanes on High Street right through the heart of the downtown, and the Schuylkill River Trail, which is accessed via Riverfront Park off College Drive.

For more information about the program, visit www.bikepottstown.org