A new program through East Carolina University’s Parking & Transportation Services is putting abandoned bikes back on the streets. “Pirate Bikes” offers refurbished bikes to members of the ECU campus to use for a semester. Abandoned bicycles on campus, after a waiting period, become property of Parking & Transportation Services. Looking for a way to put those bikes to good use led the staff to launch Pirate Bikes in mid-September, said Karen Mizelle, interim assistant director with Parking & Transportation Services.
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