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Around Town: Trek hopes free bike rides kick-start more interest

Billy Garcia, 19, a UW-Madison student from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was at a friend?s house near the Capitol on Sunday and dreaded the long walk back to his dorm. He looked at the B-cycle docking station at Wisconsin Avenue and East Mifflin Street and discovered it was free. He had read about the bike sharing program in other cities before. “I just assumed it would be a matter of time until they installed these here,” he said, noting that Madison is one of the most bike-friendly cities he?s seen.