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Sven Gustafson
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Detroit’s New Bike Share Opened Today. Is MoGo For You?

Daily Detroit stopped by the New Center today for the launch of the new MoGo Detroit bike sharing system. It opens with 43 bikes and 430 stations spread across a wide swath of the city, from Clark Park in southwest Detroit, to the New Center, out to West Village on the east side. One of us got to ride a MoGo bike back to one of the downtown stations. The three-speed bikes are sturdy, built to take a beating and have a remarkably smooth ride. Seeing as how Detroiters are still trying to wrap...

Jer Staes
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The Station Map For MoGo, Detroit's Bike Share, Is Now Up. Let's Take A Look.

Detroit’s bike sharing system has been a much-talked about addition to greater downtown Detroit’s transportation options. We’ve walked through how to use the system before. It’s a public bike sharing system where you pay by the half hour (a variety of other passes are available) to use a bike to get around the downtown area. Today the map went live ahead of the system’s official launch on Tuesday, May 23. It reveals that the system will reach as far west as Clark Park, as far east as West Vi...

Jer Staes
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MoGo Bike Share Stations Begin To Appear In Detroit

Detroit’s bike share program, details of which were announced last month, is moving quickly to get 43 bike share stations deployed around greater downtown Detroit. Their goal is to get it done in time for their target launch window of the end of May. The first station was installed at One Ford Place near Techtown. We spotted one going into the next to the Penobscot. A reader snapped this photo outside of the Fisher Building. We also saw one at Woodward and Peterboro while dr...

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Meet MoGo, Detroit’s Public Bike Share Program That Will Launch In May

Detroit’s much anticipated bike share program now has a name and a target launch time. It’s going to be called MoGo. The name is supposed to evoke the Motown sound, as well as its reputation for being the “Motor City” along with mobility and movement in Detroit through the introduction of a public bike share system. There will be 430 bikes and 43 stations throughout ten neighborhoods when the project launches before the end of May. An exact launch date was not given. “We are thrilled to in...

Ardelia Lee
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Put The Rubber to the Road: Bike Sharing Is Coming to Detroit

Ever wanted to bike Detroit, or just bike from work to a hot new lunch spot and back again without having to deal with the hassle of owning a bike? Your wish will come true soon. Detroit will get more $1 million to launch a public bike share program, possibly in the spring of 2016. Detroit’s funding comes form the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, which is also funding 13 other transportation projects around Metro Detroit. In total, SEMCOG is planning on spending over $6.4 million o...

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