Bicycle Commuting Guide

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Bikes on Buses

Rack-N-Roll

Take your Bike on the Bus

Metro installed bicycle racks on its fixed-route bus fleet. This will allow bicyclists to "Rack-N-Roll" by combining transit with their bicycle commute. The racks are mounted on the front of the vehicles, with two bike positions that make for easy loading and unloading.

The rack is positioned for all bikers to load their bikes from the curbside of the street. A simple one-handed latch is deployed to bring the rack down. The bike is lifted into the appropriate position marked "front tire" and the rear tire slips into the back position. A spring-loaded arm is then lifted over the rear tire to secure the bicycle. The rack can carry two bikes at a time. The bus operator will not assist in loading the bike because of safety issues.

Loading your bike

As the bus approaches have your bike ready to load; remove all pumps and loose items that could fall off.

• Always approach the bus from the curb side.
• Tell the bus driver that you are loading a bike.
• Squeeze handle and pull down to release folded bike rack.
• Lift bike onto the rack, putting the front and rear wheels in the marked slots. Please load the rack nearest the bus first. The front wheel of the bike closest to the bus should face curbside. The front wheel of the second bicycle must face the bus driver's side.You can load/unload rack nearest the bus without unloading the bike in front.

• Raise the support arm, as far up on the wheel as you can, making sure it is resting on your front tire, not on the fender or frame.

• Tell the driver you need to unload your bike.
• Move the support arm down and lift out your bike.
• Please fold up the rack if it is empty.

Rules of the Rack

For safety reasons, the driver cannot get off the bus to assist you. Please use the instructions printed here and on the rack.

• Bike racks are first come, first served. Each bus can carry two bikes. The front wheel of the bike closest to the bus should face curbside. The front wheel of the sec-ond bicycle must face the bus driver's side.
• There is no additional fare for using the bike rack.
• Children 10 and younger must be accompanied by an adult to load and unload bikes.
• All people using the rack must be strong enough to load and unload their bike.

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