Metro News Release
For immediate release: April 18, 2012
Testing begins on new Bike & Ride at College Park
Metro's first-of-its-kind secure bicycle parking facility to open next month
Metro has begun testing a new, secure bicycle parking facility at the College Park Metro station.
Metro’s first Bike & Ride facility, which is expected to open to the public next month, is a secure, enclosed parking structure with space for more than 100 bikes. The enclosed 2,400-square-foot room can be found on the first level of the parking garage.
Bike & Ride users will need a personal access card to enter the Bike & Ride, providing a second level of security beyond a bike lock.
Bike parking in the facility is charged at a rate of 2 to 5 cents per hour. There are no monthly or annual fees. A one-time $5 charge is applied for new customer ID verification.
The testing period, which will continue for about a month, will allow a selected group of users to try out the new system and evaluate how it works. Metro is looking for comments on everything from the lighting, access and racks to the signs, card and door. Once comments from the testing period are addressed, the facility will become available for all registered Metro customers to use.
For more information, visit wmata.com/bikeride.
News release issued at 10:13 am, April 18, 2012.