This April fool's story did make me laugh!!

This did make laugh!


Lacking Funds for Bike-Sharing, City Launches Bike-Stealing Program
World April Fool's Day Humor Planetizen April 1st Edition
Posted by: planetizen

1 April 2012 - 5:00am
City leaders in Cleveland had hoped to build a bike-sharing program throughout the downtown area. But with unexpected reductions in the budget, the bike rental plan has been altered to a theft-based system.

Department of Transportation head Shirley O'Day made the announcement about the program's alteration at a recent budget hearing.

"We know we can't afford to spend the millions of dollars it would take to build out this bike-sharing system," O'Day told city councilors. "But our downtown vision plan calls for increased bicycle use. If we can't have bicycles to share, the least we can do is encourage residents to shift at least some of their trips to someone else's bike."

Officials are hoping the bike-stealing program will cut downtown congestion, reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the city, and increase physical activity – both through cycling and the act of stealing the bikes.

Full Story: Lacking Funds for Bike-Sharing, City Launches Bike-Stealing Program
Source: Planetizen April 1st Edition, April 1, 2012
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