San Marcos, Texas State officially launch VeoRide bike-share program

Attendees at the event included, from left: Will Parrish, a planner with the city of San Marcos; Kevin Burke, the San Marcos economic development and downtown administrator; Dr. Anthony Cross, professor at Texas State; Andrea Villalobos, a planner with San Marcos; and San Marcos Mayor John Thomaides.

Representatives from the city of San Marcos and Texas State University met Sept. 20 to officially launch a joint VeoRide bike-share program for residents and students. Mayor John Thomaides spoke at the event and VeoRide employees provided a demonstration of how to rent and ride the bikes. The San Marcos City Council first discussed a bike-share program in September 2017; the city and university issued a joint request for proposals in February. VeoRide began in 2017 at the Purdue Foundry and has already launched in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts and New Hampshire as well as in Austin and at the University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Tyler. The company will initially provide 180 bikes on the Texas State campus and 180 bikes for the city. Rates start at 50 cents per 15 minutes with daily, monthly and membership rates available; Texas State students are eligible for a discount.

By Katharine Jose

Katharine Jose has written about politics, infrastructure, environment, development, natural disasters and other subjects for The New York Observer, Capital New York, and The New York Times, among other publications. She was an editor for several publicat

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