CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Champaign city officials are pumping up the idea of the tavern crawl via group bike.
The city council has approved a liquor license that does not permit Slowride Inc. to serve alcohol, but allows riders to bring their own. It will pay $250 a year for the license.
The 20-foot-long, pedal-powered vehicles that travel 4 mph to 7 mph are restricted from streets with speed limits of 35 mph or above.
Owner Steve Bloomstrand also wanted permission to put video advertising on the back but the council voted 5-3 against the idea.
Mike Murphy is owner of Mike 'N Molly's bar. He says the human-powered-pubs could bring more undergraduates from Campustown to downtown. But he worried they'd slow traffic.
