U.S. House of Representatives to launch bikesharing program

U.S. Senate staff parking lot.

A big big big problem with Congress is that many employees get free parking. So this means that there are big ugly parking lots around the House and Senate Office buildings. It also induces driving. I know of plenty of people who drive to work even if they live less than one or two miles away.

So finding this contract announcement requesting proposals to provide 30 bicycles for sharing at work (what Paul DeMaio's Bike Sharing Blog calls a "bike fleet," or bicycles provided to workers to use while at work) is nice to see. Maybe the next thing they'll do is increase federal gasoline excise taxes, or eliminate free parking...

Reuters Photo.