Forget a car, this family hits the road in a rented cargo tricycle that's cheaper than bus fare
By Carmela Fragomeni, The Spec...
New Hope has three bikes — two cargoes and a box model that rides like a normal bicycle — and plans to have three more by April.
The bikes are part of a pilot project launching April 1 with $6,500 from the Hamilton Community Foundation, Hibma says.
The project is specific to the Crown Point neighbourhood, bordered by Burlington Street to the Mountain and from Gage to Kenilworth avenues.
The Cargo Bike Sharing idea came from people's interest in borrowing a similar cargo bike New Hope built from an old ice cream trike used to teach bike safety and give tune-ups at local schools, Hibma said.
The bikes will be rented for mostly a few hours at a time for a cost cheaper than daily bus fare, he added.
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