Good news for University of Toronto students on the Mississauga Campus - A Bike Loaning Program has been started to allow "faculty and staff sign out any of two dozen bicycles free for 24 hours to get across campus to their next class, visit friends or even go to the mall for a little lunch or shopping."

The most perplexing part of the whole article is the absence of the information that the inspiration for the program (including the name) comes directly from the Community Bicycle Network's BikeShare program, which has been in place since 2000 ... but hey, whatever the name, if it gets more people biking, then it's great.

Oh, and you can support Bikeshare by donating - $75 gives you the ability to name one of their cheerful yellow bikes (and they'll give you a receipt you can send to the gov'ment) and you'll help them expand the fleet and add new hubs, to more closely integrate BikeShare with Toronto's public transit systems, and to make bicycles ubiquitous on all roads across the GTA. You can be part of the solution by getting your name, your cat's name, or your best pals's name painted on a BikeShare bike.

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