6/4/2018
PUNE: A bicycle
department has been set up at the Pune Municipal Corporation to ensure the
development of cycle tracks, parking facilities and oversee public bicycle
sharing initiatives in the city.
The Pune Smart City Development Corporation (PSCDCL) has
launched public bicycle sharing service in Pune. As many as 3500 cycles are
being operated in association with private firms. These bicycles were available
for free of cost initially, but now nominal rent is being charged from users.
The first phase of the service in collaboration with
Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) was inaugurated on December 5, 2017. As
many as 100 cycles were introduced at the university campus.
According PMC’s proposal of bicycle plan, “Pune can be a city
where people find cycling, using public transport and walking convenient,
comfortable, safe and attractive. The plan is a part of the efforts by the PMC
to transform transportation in the city.”
Top four objectives of the
plan include creating cycle network draft plan with over 300 km of tracks,
design cycle tracks, create a public bicycle share system with over 3000
cycles, over 250 stations in 40 areas, and enforcement plan with physical design
of tracks to prevent encroachment, cycle wardens, CCTV and e-challans.
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