As a part of RISD’s Bike-Town, Pink Rides is a bike sharing program which extends the joys of cycling to those who do not own bikes in order to promote active living, sustainable transportation and interpersonal connectedness.

1. PINK
RIDES

2. Convenience/
Practicality
Health/
Environment
Community/
Lifestyle

3. 1 PILOT
RISD CAMPUS/
2 LOCAL COLLEGES
3 PROVIDENCE

4. How it Works
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5. Advertisement
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6. Documents
PROPOSAL PAMPHLETS
WHAT WE ARE
These pamphlets will be distrib-
P I N KP I N K P I N K
Pink Rides is a community bike program for students at the Rhode Island School of Design. It is a project uted throughout the campus. In
under the umbrella of Bike Town. addition there will be posters an
email and a small display next to
VBike Town is a student run organization which serves as a forum for cyclists on and around the RISD campus. the bikes themsleves.
It supports projects to make RISD and Providence more bike friendly. It also organizes events for the cycling
community such as rides, races and workshops.
PINK
Pink Rides is a free service. Its goal is to extend the joys of cycling to those who do not have access. It allows a
broader range of motion to students who do not own bikes, thus allowing students to get out of their
quot;bubblequot; with greater ease. It also provides a means of green transportation.
pink rides is
Currently Pink Rides is in its BETA stage. Pilot bikes and advertisement will be on campus before Nov. 20. We + a community bike
hope to gather information on a small scale before going big with the concept. By spring semester we hope program for risd
to scale up to serve the community with 20 bikes and continue up-scaling from there. + a collaborative student
project
+ in its pilot stage.
borrowing a bike is easy ACTUAL
RIDES RIDES RIDES
HOW IT WORKS and free. All we need is
your email address so we SIZE
The system for the pilot program is simple. Students who want to rent a bike go to the lobby of 15 West (RISD can send you a link to our
FRONT
BACK
feedback page
PI N KPI N KPI N K
heres how:
+pick up key from public
The student is given a key. The bikes will be stored on the racks outside 15 West. The student will take the bike safety at 15 west lobby
+unlock a bike and ride
+bring bike back within
8hours (preferably
+go to the link on our
WHAT WE NEED follow up email and
answer 4 multi-choice
questions
- +rinse and repeat
for the pilot but also the full scale program. We are looking for donations from organizations who are involved
or interested in the cycling community in Providence. Our biggest current need is bike locks. Quality locks are
far out of our budget, however, cheap locks are a huge risk as theft could quickly end our endeavors. We are
RIDES
also in need of bicycles in working or near working condition. We also need parts to repair several bikes we
currently own.
Please consider these ways to donate:
+Materials: bikes, parts, locks etc.
+Discount: wholesale prices on materials
+Money
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7. Collegiate
+Intercollegiate
+More bikes and
locations
+Size and
type code
+Picnic packs &
coupons
+Memberships
+Partnerships
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8. City
AD $
SPACE
+Sell ad space
+Low tech
+Low cost
+Key downtown locations
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10. Thank
You