A large-scale bike-sharing program, a service that allows people who don't own bikes to borrow or rent them, could be coming to Detroit. A coalition of local business and nonprofit groups is now pursuing a study to see if this type of program, which already exists in places like Denver and Minneapolis, has a future in Motown. Wayne State University is spearheading the research effort with a long list of business and nonprofit partners. Lisa Nuszkowski of Wayne State's Office of Economic Development said the idea had been bounced around among the groups she works with before, so her office chose to run with it. "We decided to pull a bunch of people together and decided to commit some money to [researching] the idea and go forward with it for the city," she said. Nuszkowski believes the program would encourage alternative modes of transportation, help connect different parts of the city and increase the appeal of Detroit as a place to visit and live.

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