Lake Express Ferry hosts annual bike drive April 24, first 500 donors will get a round-trip passenger ticket

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Lake Express Ferry is kicking off the 2026 season by giving away complimentary round-trip passenger tickets to the first 500 people who donate a gently used bicycle. 

The annual bike drive will take place Friday, April 24 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Lake Express Terminal, 2330 S. Lincoln Memorial Drive. 

The bike donations will benefit the Wisconsin Bike Fed and Sixteenth Community Health Centers. Bikes donated to Sixteenth Street will be distributed at its annual Bike Day at Kosciuszko Park in Milwaukee.

There is a limit of one certificate per person/household. 

Lake Express begins its travel season May 1. Learn more HERE. 

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