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By Emily Baltz
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September 3, 2009
The University of Richmond will introduce its newest environmental initiative this afternoon, and this time students will be asked to give up their cars instead of their dining hall trays.
"The ultimate goal is for people to start riding bikes instead of driving around," said senior Karen DeBonis, one of the students behind the university's new bike-sharing program, which will allow students to ride university-owned bikes anywhere on campus.
The bikes, 35 army-green beach cruisers with front baskets and fenders to prevent splash-ups, will debut on campus during a campus-wide scavenger hunt this afternoon.
The bikes will be available for students to ride any time, but they may not be locked up, brought inside of apartments or residence halls or ridden off campus.
DeBonis got the idea for a bike-sharing program at Virginia Power Shift 2008, an environmental conference held last October at Virginia Tech University.