By Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer Published Jun 01, 2020 at 9:01 AM

Thanks to a grant from the Anonymous Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation residents of Milwaukee County Residents can get a free 30-day Bublr Bikes pass throughout the month of June.

To get the pass, just go here or the Bublr app and use the promo code: Free30dayMKE.

You can also call or text (414) 931-1121.

The passes normally sell for $30.

You can use the pass for unlimited 60-minute trips on bikes checked out and returned to any station within the Bublr system.

The perfect way to get some exercise during the pandemic shutdown, Bublr Bikes can also help you run errands while leaving the car in the garage.

The folks at Bublr recommend using Bublr app bcycle.com/app to check out bikes – though you can also do it right at the docking station – as well as being safe by wearing a mask while riding, washing your hands as soon as you get to your destination and practicing social distancing.

Bobby Tanzilo Senior Editor/Writer

Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.

He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.

With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.

He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.

In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.

He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.