Summary:
The agency is planning to introduce e-scooters for last-mile connectivity at five of its stations.
DMRC plans to introduce cycle stands at its stations with either a fully automated docking system or dock-less cycle sharing services.
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New Delhi: In a major push to environment-friendly last-mile connectivity, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation plans to promote public bicycle-sharing services from its stations in a big way.
The agency is also planning to introduce e-scooters for last-mile connectivity at five of its stations.
DMRC plans to introduce cycle stands at its stations with either a fully automated docking system or dock-less cycle sharing services.
Users will be able to unlock bicycles parked at metro stations by generating QR codes on mobile applications specifically created for these services.
Private operators will manage them and the corporation will provide free space for cycle stands at the stations, apart from the facility to charge e-scooters.
Bicycles are being promoted as the environment-friendly vehicles can easily navigate narrow roads and lanes where metro’s feeder buses can’t enter.
For convenience, DMRC has also made it mandatory for the bicycle-sharing operators to create at least four satellite cycle stands in areas near metro stations.
Commuters will be able to pick a cycle from a metro station and drop it at a satellite stand near their home or destination and vice versa.
Although the bicycle-sharing services are already available at 19 stations, DMRC is planning to extend these in a much bigger way.