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Bicycle on bus, in particular, has become quite common owing to increases in federal funding sources, transit agencies replacing old buses with newer models, and private industry developing bicycle rack designs to overcome operational limitations. Transit agencies are providing an increasingly diverse set of bicycle services to their customers.
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It is relatively inexpensive for transit agencies to provide bicycle services. Providing bicycle racks on a bus or vanpool vehicle typically costs between $500 and $1,000, which represents a small fraction of the cost of the entire vehicle.
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Although few agencies reported significant maintenance problems, some transit agency maintenance departments have opposed bicycle services because of issues such as damaged bus bike racks, abandoned bicycles on bus racks and at transit stations, and vandalized bicycle lockers. Systems with more comprehensive bicycle and transit integration services tend to have the most success attracting bicycling customers.
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