A year and some roadblocks later, cycle sharing scheme still on track

Pune | Sunday | 16th December, 2018

Summary:

More cycle tracks neededNo cycle scheme in the city can succeed without supporting infrastructure, such as usable cycle tracks, said Gadgil. The Indian Express explains the many issues, such as the patchy network of cycle tracks, that the scheme faces. The piecemeal approach to cycle tracks is not going to be be useful… they have to be linked to each other to provide continuous and unhindered way for cyclists,” said Gadgil. The vendors, meanwhile, are still in the process of figuring out the price at which the cycle scheme is attractive for users but also commercially viable for them. They had 1,200 cycles on the road, and the average number of rides on each cycle per day was about five..