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Gotcha bike
rack on LSU
campus
Zipcar
This car-sharing app is a convenient option for
running errands away from campus outside of bus
routes.
Currently, Zipcar offers LSU students a discounted
membership of $35 for the first year. This
membership includes discounted hourly rates and 180
miles included, then $0.45 cents per mile driven, a
gas card to refill the eco-friendly cars and insurance.
Students need to be 18 years or older and have a
valid driver’s license to apply for membership.
Once a driver is verified, they receive their Zipcard
in the mail, download the app and are ready to go.
Drivers use the app or the website to book a car. In
addition, they can lock and unlock a car through the
app as well as report any issues. Zipcars are located
in front of East Laville Hall, Aster Street East Parking
Lot and Alight Apartments Baton Rouge.
Simply book a car through the app, go to the pick
up location at the designated pick up time, unlock it
with your Zipcard or phone, report any issues if there
are any, find the keys inside the car and go. Once it’s
time to return the car, simply park in the marked
Zipcar parking spot at the pick up location, leave the
keys inside the car and lock it with your Zipcard or
phone.
Gotcha Bikes
Launching this Fall, Gotcha Bikes is a bike-sharing
paid service that enables subscribers to rent GPSenabled e-bikes from hubs around campus using
the Gotcha app.
The app requires a subscription valued at $6.99
for students and $9.99 monthly or $59.99 for
students and $79.99 annually. The first 500
students to sign up for the annual student mopass will receive $30 off their subscription. There
is a pay-as-you-go option that charges a rider $2
to unlock a bike and 10 cents per minute of usage.
Once you’re subscribed, you can find rentals
available through the app. The bikes live in
mobility hubs located on campus at Broussard
Hall, East Laville Hall, Kirby Smith Hall, Lod Cook
Alumni Center, LSU Faculty Club, Nicholson
Gateway, Patrick F. Taylor Hall, the Student Union
and the UREC.
To ride, scan the barcode located behind the
bike’s seat and you’re good to go. Each bike is
equipped with a basket for storing items. Ride the
bike for as long as needed. Once finished, return
the bike to any Gotcha mobility hub and end the
ride on the app.
Zipcar rental station
with car.
And now you’re ready to move around campus and
Baton Rouge more easily and sustainably.
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