Madison BCycle bike-sharing program opens for season

TEAGAN KING
Mar 16, 2026
Mar 16, 2026 Updated 3 hrs ago

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BCycle employee sets up bike station — Lee Pazdziora, right, with Madison BCycle, gets the rental bikes set up as they are dropped off for the season at the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association station on University Avenue.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Madison BCycle unloads rental bikes — Jack Chandler, with Madison BCycle, unloads the rental bikes from a van at the station outside the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association on University Avenue.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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Madison BCycle prepares rental bikes for season — Madison BCycle rental bikes return for the season as employee Lee Pazdziora, at left, gets them set up at the station outside the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association on University Avenue.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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BCycle Madison delivers rental bikes — Jack Chandler and Lee Pazdziora, right, employees with Madison BCycle, deliver the rental bikes to the station outside the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association on University Avenue Thursday.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL

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