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WAl'l-RHX) cum - Wednesday. May 20. 2015 - 5 Brakes put on plan to launch Grand River Public Bike Share 7*â€" us formally for money.” launer's campus. which opened earlier this Samarakoon said they would make their month. ‘ resources and volunteers available to (2A8 The service is $40 for a sevenvmonth should they need them help. membership. with no average charges. In CAB, which began its pilot project in 2011 their first year in 2011. CAB was used 400 and officially launched in 2013, receives timesby54 members ._ funding from a range of private and public The (JRPBS financial model included I sponsors. including Libro Credit Union, the selling $25 annual memberships to users Region of Waterloo's Community Environ- and user fees ranging from $1 for the first . A . fl § mental Fund, the City of Kitchener and half hour to SIS per hour after the initial q , $4,000 from the City of Waterloo's Neigh~ three hours. ' g bourhood Matching Fund, CAB has secured Samarakoon estimates GRPBS would ' nearly $175,000 in capital funding overall. have needed about 300 members to break \ CAB has bikes at seven locations even. but they had only secured about 380 - \ throughout Kitchener and Waterloo. includ- memberships. They estimate their service ’ \~ ing Kitchener City Hall, the Kitchener Mar- could have been used up to 4.100 times ‘\ ‘ , . ket, the Tannery and their newest site on every month. 311‘ 5 ”'5'. , \‘ l, . ., ,.. » n E .. a, .,‘.’___~"fi ’ Grand River Public Bike Share has shelved plans for a launch due to a lack of funding. ‘ r n ' wcwnromro l . lI fa - . --r l l O l l 1' l Bi hints harbors memberships and user fees. S U M E ' WWII} him/l 7 7 a N, The first phase would have included the La ‘1... a” V Ha "‘ Waterloo Research Park and business area, . h \_ iii-r llll'l‘t‘ ti-ars, thousands of unpaid the University ofWaterloo and Wilfrid lauri- / hours of work and thousands of dol~ or University campuses. uptown Waterloo, lars of their own mono), the volun (.rand River Hospital and downtown Kitch< ' ti-i'rs lwhind the (irand River l’uhlit' Hike otter. . '1‘ \htiri- itiRl’ltSl have announu-d they are In November 2013, the City of Waterloo 4 '13:\ 3. If ; it" 0.": :3, postponing their launth indefinitely approved the group's request to allow bike 1 â€" llw group announced on May *3 it could share stations on public rightAof-ways. but ’ not lttllllllllt' Without the financial support offered no cash to get the project going. last ‘ ‘ ol the region or a minor corporate sponsor September, (ERPBS requested $60,000 from _ \ ship Hit-x had onli st‘t‘tll’l‘tl about 51.200 of the region in startAup capital and also ‘ llll' summit lltt‘\ i-stirnziti- it would (list to offered sponsorship opportunities at three F. -3 tipl‘ldlt‘ the hike share in lllt' first war hike stations. . ‘ r71” ‘ 1 ' 5 V ‘\\i- had [)l't‘llV good Inll‘l’t'sl early on in Regional staff (’llllld not support the “w . r” i ‘7 tlii‘ program so wr were l'llt otiragr'tl, hiit funding request and instead recommended 1“! . l.:ll‘l\ our mayor striiggli- was finding a (.Rl’RS work withtheotht'r hike shaminthe . ' imam ial partiii'r.” said l‘rasad \iinaraltooii. region, the ('ommiinitv Access Bikeshare ‘ tltdlr ot llll’ ( rl’.illtl ltiii'r l’iihlit liilti- \hari’, t(..»‘\lil. operated by lht‘ Working ( i'ntre in ~ Mm li latiiii llt'll iii Jill! and had a tisioit of kill lit-nor wstahlishing a pilot prup'it of ion lilitt's and Phil llt'WllVHt, lllt' ( ll\‘\ manager of litdoi long stations Ht lllt‘ rt‘filtlll in [or transportation and light rail transit . with 4 ion- group of for lill'lllllt‘l\ and HI ordination. saidtilll‘ll'sdid not approach . ilioai l ittllli‘l \lllllllll't‘l\ ttlltlllllllt‘tl to the ( ll\ to ask for funding. though staff . tiltl’llH \dllliildlktlltll l’Nllllltfll‘\ llll‘\ ‘io‘ \\oiild have t onsiili'ri-d siii li a request Ifone spvnt about “swoon of llll‘ll tl\\ll ll‘tlllt"» In “as made rm: to lilllllt h lllt' lltll‘ shari‘ ‘\\'i' would haw had to tain- a report to w m lli- said lllt'll goal was to inalir ioiiiii i| ” said lll‘Wllsllll "We did work llll not lot prom litisiiii'ss stistaiiialilr \sitli llit‘ltl to tll‘\l'lll[l a pn)(l‘\\ to approve M May m lllllitit‘lt imptvratt‘ sponsors annual somr loratliins litit thew new-r .Islii'tl on and discontinued stock t f“ . a. . _ This advantage of Ibeu "scrabble sawng: C I Thur Sday. May 21 While Quanta: has!!! I 1 I 7.00 pm _ , a u C. ‘ ‘ . . ' ‘ ‘ Princess Twm inema, L (1, no; r .1 / I H 46 King St N, Waterloo . . www.cathorinefifo.com l