Supporters of a bicycle sharing program set to be discontinued Dec. 1 are mobilizing in an effort to keep it alive.
Meanwhile, the Topeka Metro bus service announced Monday it would hold public meetings in August to gain public input and provide information on its plans to raise fares, reduce services, eliminate jobs and discontinue its bike sharing program. Specific dates haven’t yet been set.
Proponents of the Topeka Metro Bikes program will hold a rally Wednesday to encourage “continued dialogue and fiscal compromise between the City of Topeka and the Topeka Metropolitan Transportation Authority,” the rally’s organizer, Michaela Saunders, said Monday.
(Read more: Local Government – The Topeka Capital-Journal)