Bublr Bike Rides Will Be Free on Election Day to Get Voters to Polls
Bublr Bikes Giving Free 30-Minute Rides to Encourage Voting on Tuesday Nov. 8
Milwaukee (November 7, 2016) – Voting in Milwaukee just got easier with Bublr Bikes offering unlimited, free 30-minute Bublr trips on Election Day to help people get to the polls.
With 57 stations and nearly 512 bikes located around Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, Bublr Bikes is offering anyone free, convenient rides of up 30 minutes on Election Day, Nov. 8, to encourage voting.
“Bublr Bikes are a fast, simple and – this year – free way to get to neighborhood polling places on Election Day,” Acting Executive Director James Davies said. “We want to make it as easy as possible for people in Milwaukee to get out and vote.”
To get a free Bublr Bikes ride, users enter the code “1776” at any Bublr Bikes station. The code is valid for individual free rides of up to 30 minutes all day. A free ride ends when the Bublr is returned to a Bublr Bikes station. Individual rides over 30 minutes will cost $3 for each additional 30 minutes. Riders wanting to return from voting by Bublr can take additional individual rides under 30 minutes for free Tuesday using the “1776” code.
A credit card is required to check out a Bublr Bike with or without the code, although users won’t be charged Tuesday for rides under 30 minutes if they enter the code.
Thirteen of Bublr Bikes’ 57 stations are located within two blocks of a polling location. Other polling locations are also conveniently served by other Bublr Bikes stations. A complete list of Bublr Bikes stations can be found at https://bublrbikes.bcycle.com/station-locations/.
BUBLR BIKES STATIONS WITHIN TWO BLOCKS OF A POLLING LOCATION:
Polling Place | Bublr Station |
Milwaukee | |
Charles Allis Art Museum 1801 N. Prospect Ave | Brady/Prospect |
Convent Hill Apartments 455 E Ogden Av |
Ogden/Jackson |
Frank P Zeidler Municipal Building 841 N Broadway |
Red Arrow Park |
Central Library Centennial Hall 733 N 8th St |
Central Library |
Marquette Alumni Memorial Union 1442 W Wisconsin Av |
Marquette University Student Union |
Hillside Family Resource Center 1452 N 7th St |
Hillside Terrace |
Housing Authority Public Safety Building 650 W Reservoir Av |
6th/Reservoir |
Bradley Tech High School 700 S 4th St |
2nd/Virginia |
UWM Sandburg Hall 3400 N Maryland Av |
UWM Sandburg Hall |
Riverside High School 1615 E Locust St |
Riverside Park |
Arlington Court Apartments 1633 N Arlington Pl |
Brady/Humboldt |
Wauwatosa | |
Fire Station #51 1601 Underwood Ave |
Village South |
City Hall Lower Civic Center 7725 W. North Ave |
City Hall |
Wauwatosa Library Firefly Room 7635 W. North Ave |
City Hall |
The Bublr Bikes system is a public-private partnership between the cities of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa and Bublr Bikes, with additional support from many other public and private partners. Since summer 2014, Bublr Bikes, a Milwaukee-based not-for-profit, has launched 57 bike-share stations in Milwaukee and Wauwatosa.
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NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.