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Covington to install 500 new bike racks

Rachel Berry
Cincinnati Enquirer
Covington will soon have about 500 new bike racks.

Covington is adding approximately 500 new bike racks to try to increase bike ridership in the city.

Ride the Cov, a Covington group dedicated to promoting bike riding, plans to roll out the new racks in the next year. They are scheduled to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the first of these racks at 1 p.m. Thursday outside Moonrise Doughnuts in Latonia.

Joe Koehl, president of Ride the Cov, said the group aims to promote bicycles for three main reasons: to combat traffic, to encourage exercise and an overall healthier lifestyle and to make the city more environmentally friendly.

Koehl hopes that the increase of these racks will help Covington economically and will make their dedication to bicycles more public and visible.

The racks will be located on public property like sidewalks and parking lots. Anyone with an idea of where a bike rack is needed can place a marker on the map on Ride the Cov's website.

Ride the Cov requests a $50 donation to cover the cost of each rack.

The bike racks are only the first step for Ride the Cov, and they hope to work with the city to add more bike lanes and paths in the future.

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