In case you haven’t spotted the snazzy purple and green transport around town, we’d like to point out that The Capital Region’s Bike Share program is up and running! (Er…rolling?)

After registering, plans for the social biking service can be purchased online or via the CDPHP Cycle app at an hourly, monthly, annual, or student rate. You’ll be given a pin code that “releases” a bike to you from one of the stations (there are 38 stations now, with plans for several more to be added in the upcoming year). Use the bike for your allotted time, and return it either to where you picked it up, or another convenient CDPHP/CDTA station. The maps to the bike share stations, situated at nearly 40 area hotspots in Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Saratoga, are here, with 160 available bikes currently available and more on the way soon.

We suggest you take advantage of it before the snow flies!