Looks like the bike sharing program put in place for the Democratic National Convention in Denver was a glorious success! According to BikePortland.org, which did an interview with Tim Blumenthal, executive director of Bikes Belong, the program got a thousand bikes onto the streets of Denver. The program, which was organized in conjunction with Humana Corporation, offered seven bike rental stations throughout the city for DNC attenders to use while going to and from events. Blumenthal said the program helped shift the "bike dynamic," creating a sense of awareness of the bicycles as well as a greater sense of safety. Many groups of convention attendees went on group rides on highways. Their goal was 12,500 miles, and they'd hit over 16,000 on the day before the conference ended. All this goes to show that more and more people are embracing the bicycle.

Next we'll see how they fare in St. Paul for the Republican National Convention.