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Nice Ride To Expand To St. Paul
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The popular Nice Ride bicycle kiosks will soon make an expansion and be made available to parts of St. Paul. In all, 43 new bike stations are being added to the Twin Cities over the...
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Mpls, St. Paul Mayors To Celebrate Bike Expansion
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul plan a bike ride to celebrate the expansion of a bicycle-sharing program in their cities. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and his St. Paul...
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Like Riding A Bike: Nice Ride MN Bike Share Program
Nice Ride MN Bike Share Program Midtown Bike Center Midtown Greenway 2834 10th Ave S., Ste. #3, Minneapolis Website Have you noticed the cool, lime green bikes all over downtown Minneapolis? Even...
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Bikes In Ice: Early Spring Is Bringing Nice Ride Back
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Some in the Twin Cities were treated Monday to a strange sight: bright green Nice Ride bicycles encased in 5,000 pounds of ice. The Ice Ride bikes were displayed as part of a...
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‘Nice Ride’ Bike-Sharing Program Launches 3rd Season
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Those neon-green Nice Ride Minnesota bicycles are about to hit the streets again in Minneapolis and St. Paul. The program expects to distribute bikes and run some tests next Monday....
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‘Nice Ride’ Bikes Are Back In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Starting Tuesday, bike rental kiosks are going up for the third straight season in and around downtown Minneapolis. When Minneapolis started the “Nice Rides” rental program two...
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Nice Ride: No Stolen Bikes = No $250 Deposit
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A deposit will no longer be required to use the Nice Ride commuter bikes, organizers say. The $250 deposit was initially put in place to make sure the bikes didn’t disappear. But...
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Nice Ride Adds 30 Stations In St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Officials with Nice Ride announced Monday that they’ve added 30 stations throughout the City of St. Paul. Officials said the focus of the program for St. Paul has been...
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Nice Ride Returning For 4th Season
(credit: CBS) MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride Minnesota is celebrating its fourth season back with a unique ice sculpture in downtown Minneapolis. The ice sculpture, which spells out the words “So...
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Mpls Mayor Declares Friday Ski-To-Work Day
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — With the snow falling in the metro, you’re more likely to hit a ski hill rather than a bike trail. Now, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak has declared Friday Ski-To-Work-Day in the...
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Midwest Bike Safety Summit Held In Mpls
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis has become known for a different kind of transportation. It’s one of America’s best bike cities, which is why the city was selected to host the second annual Midwest...
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Cycles For Change: Volunteer & Earn A Bike In St. Paul
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The Twin Cities metro area is consistently ranked among the most bike-friendly communities in the country, but people in some neighborhoods still struggle to find affordable rides....
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Nice Ride Bikes To Make Spring Debut
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride bikes will make their spring debut on city streets Saturday, and riders can now keep them for twice as long. According to Nice Ride Minnesota officials, riders with...
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Study: Greater Risk For Head Injuries In Cities With Bike Share Programs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The next time you’re thinking about renting a Nice Ride bike, one group wants to make sure you think about bringing a helmet. Researchers behind a new study say their data shows a...
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Early Spring Means Business For Food Trucks, Nice Ride Bikes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Late winter days like Thursday aren’t just good for morale. For some locals, the early arrival of spring means more money. For instance, on Marquette Ave. and 7th Street, light...
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4 Things To Know: Frozen 2, Food Trucks, & More
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — These are the four stories you need to know about from Friday, March 13, 2015. Dayton To Unveil Rail Safety Proposal Gov. Mark Dayton will announce a plan to improve railroad...
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Nice Ride Bikes Return To Minnesota Streets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride bikes are returning to the racks along Twin Cities streets Wednesday. The green bikes are appearing ahead of schedule with the warmer weather Minnesota has seen this past...
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WCCO Saturday Morning Links & Recap (April 18)
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — From hockey to baseball to bikes and records, there’s a whole lot going on this weekend, and WCCO’s got you covered! First things first, it’s playoff season and the Wild are IN!...
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Nice Ride Minnesota Rolls Out Bike Tours
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — We have been having an incredible spring with so many opportunities to get outside and enjoy the weather. Minnesota’s bike share program — Nice Ride — continues to expand, offering...
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Celebrate Bike Week With Nice Ride Day
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – May 13, 2015 is officially Nice Ride Day. All this week Minneapolis is celebrating bikes with, and on May 13 Nice Ride is joining in the celebration by handing out discounted...
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Working For The Weekend: Entertainment Best Bets
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Have you wanted to get on a Nice Ride, but haven’t? Or is there a food truck you’ve wanted to try but haven’t tracked it down yet? Well, you’re in luck! They are just two of the...
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Twin Cities Sets New Record For Bike Sharing
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Officials say a new 24-hour record for bike sharing was set in the Twin Cities on Saturday with more than 5,600 Nice Ride bikes being used. In the process, The Minneapolis...
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Guy On A Bike: Increasing Diversity in Cycling
Minneapolis consistently ranks among the best cities for cycling in the United States. In fact, it was recently listed as the only American city among a ranking of the best global cities for bikers....
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Bike Sharing Programs Gaining Traction
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Millions of Americans drive to work every day, but a new option is becoming popular. More people are borrowing a bike for their commute. Nice Ride has been in the Twin Cities since...
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Nice Ride 2017 Season Rolls Out Monday In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride Minnesota is launching its eighth straight season of downtown Minneapolis bike rental on Monday. Starting Monday morning, people can start using the bright green bikes to...
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Guy On A Bike: The Evolution Of Bike Sharing
The Twin Cities had its first foray in to bike sharing more than 20 years ago, when the Yellow Bike Coalition was created. The well-intentioned group fixed up and painted donated bikes yellow and left...
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Transportation Plan Seeks Take 20,000 Cars Off Twin Cities Roads
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – City planners and transportation officials in the Twin Cities unveiled an action plan Tuesday that seeks to remove 20,000 cars from the metro area within the next five years. The...
View ArticleNice Ride Bringing 1,500 Dockless Bikes To Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Twin Cities’ iconic bike share will almost double its fleet in Minneapolis come mid-September, introducing 1,500 blue dockless bikes. Nice Ride aims to make the best of both...
View ArticleNice Ride Launches Dockless Fleet In Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride Minnesota doubled its Minneapolis fleet Tuesday, releasing 1,500 dockless bikes in and around downtown. The bikes are app-activated and can be found at roughly 200...
View ArticleNice Ride Bikes Coming Back To Minneapolis In April
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride Minnesota announced its bikes will hit the streets once again April 15. More than 575 additional bike parking hubs and almost 50 new stations will line the streets of...
View ArticleNice Ride Bikes Return To Minneapolis Streets; E-Bikes Coming
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Monday is Earth Day, and those green Nice Ride bikes are back on Minneapolis streets. The iconic green bikes, which debuted in 2010, made their spring return Monday, as did the...
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Nice Ride Rolls Out 50 Ebikes; No Additional Cost To Ride
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Ebikes are rolling out Monday as a pilot project in Minneapolis’ bike share program. credit: Nice Ride Nice Ride says 50 of the electronic pedal-assist bikes are now available in...
View ArticleNice Ride Proposes Adding 2,000 Ebikes To Fleet In 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Earlier this year, Nice Ride rolled out dozens of pedal-assist ebikes in Minneapolis as part of a pilot program. Now, the city’s bike share program wants to add many, many more...
View ArticleCoronavirus In Minnesota: Nice Ride Offering Free Membership To Health Care...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride is offering critical health care workers a free 30-day membership while they battle on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minneapolis bikeshare service made...
View ArticleNice Ride Rolls Out Ebikes Fleet In Minneapolis, Extends Program For...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride has rolled out ebikes with pedal-assist technology in Minneapolis. On Wednesday, Lyft, which operates Nice Ride, announced that the ebikes are now available. “The ebikes...
View ArticleNice Ride In Minneapolis To Close Down For Winter In Early November
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Nice Ride Minnesota announced it will be shutting down for the winter in Minneapolis next month. According to Nice Ride, it will close down for the winter after Election Day, on...
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