Reduce Automobile Traffic, Promote Healthier Living and Make A More Sustainable City
6 to 8:30 p.m.
At the Academy of Natural Sciences
19th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Public Use Bicycle Programs (bike sharing) are changing urban transportation in cities all over the world. Join us at this Forum to learn more about the benefits of successful bike sharing systems in Europe and the United States!Speakers
Gilles Vesco is the Vice-President of Grand Lyons, the regional government around the city of Lyons, France; a Municipal Councillor for the city of Cailure; –and is one of the people responsible for creating the first–and surprisingly successful–bike-sharing program in Lyon. This past Summer the program expanded to Paris, where it exploded into the scene (with over 1,000,000 bike rentals) and became a media sensation. He oversees for the municipal government the highly successful Vélo’V system implemented in Lyon and duplicated in Paris.
Mitch Franzos works with the Dasani Blue Bike program in Pittsburgh, a recreational community bike sharing program for the river front trails. Nate Kvamme is the Director of Humana’s Innovation Center. He helped to develop bike sharing program Freewheelin for Humana Hospitals in Louisville, Kentucky.Free Bicycle Valet Parking courtesy of Neighborhood Bike WorksPlease JOIN US ! Where: Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th and Ben Franklin Parkway 6:00 pm - Reception
6:30-8:00 pm - ForumFree and open to allRSVP to Roland Wall at the Academy: rwall@ansp.org or 215-299-1108