I had already seen a few around in the last year or so. Maybe they were the "pilot" of this project.
"The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle is actually the right to destroy the city."
Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City, 1963
Well, hopefully this means I won't have to truck my recycling too far from Midtown. I've really been enjoying the curbside recycling here in Urbana (which incidentally began in 1986!).