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A Foldable Fix to Public Transit's Peskiest Problem
Pasadena officials are giving people $220 to buy folding bikes in an effort to solve the "last mile" transportation problem.
How to get from the transit station to work or home: this perennial transportation challenge is known as “the last mile.” And it is a real obstacle to getting people out of their cars and onto trains and buses.
In Pasadena, California, they’re now trying to solve that puzzle with folding bikes, and a little assist from social media.