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With Free Bikes, Challenging Car Culture on Campus

BIDDEFORD, Me. â?? When Kylie Galliani started at the University of New England in August, she was given a key to her dorm, a class schedule and something more unusual: a $480 bicycle.

â??I was like, â??A free bike, no catch?â?? â? Ms. Galliani, 17, a freshman from Fort Bragg, Calif., asked. â??Itâ??s really an ideal way to get around the campus.â?