This is a preliminary feasibility stidy for bike-sharing in Chittenden County. It is not intended to ben an exhaustive report with significant independent research, but an initial overview of bike sharing trends, costs, opportunities and challenges. It is intended to assist policy makers in Chittenden County determine whether they would like to further pursue this opportunity.

This project proposed to develop a plan to significantly reduce the use of private vehicles for transportation by students at Chittenden Valley Union High School (CVU). The original concepts to be explored included: 1. Bicycling to a bus stop and leaving bike in a rack. 2. Improving the connecting roads to CVU. 3. Installing bike racks on buses. In the course of working on the project, several additional concepts were developed.