Temple University Promotes More Bike Riding in Phila.

by KYW's Kim Glovas

With the city of Philadelphia encouraging commuters to bike to work, and more racks appearing across town, the bike fever is spreading.

Temple University is encouraging the campus community to hop on a bike, get healthy, and promote sustainability at the same time. Glenn Eck is assistant superintendent of grounds, but he's also a member of a movement called "Bike Temple."

"We had an explosion of bicycle culture and people bicycling to campus which we wanted to accommodate and continue to promote."

He says response so far has been good.

"It's been positive, I'm pretty amazed at the emails coming in."

Eck says the goal of Bike Temple is to have people see bikes as reliable forms of transportation.

More bike racks have been installed around campus, and a number of bike shops and the Neighborhood Bike Works in West Philadelphia, are helping teach routine maintenance and repair.

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