Smart bikes, no less. Next-gen technology. CycleHop Corporation Canada Ltd., from Ottawa. Equipment supplied by Smoove.
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“Helmets available on bikes at no additional cost to user”
Hows that going to work? (beyond the obvious one with a rather high ‘ew’ factor)
During a previous round of RFPs, one solution was for a helment vending machine as part of the bike share and also a drop-off bin. Helmets would be double cleaned and would probably end up more sterile than a new helmet. The Melbourne “solution” was to purchase a cheap helmet at nearby coffee shops. I hope that CoV or the bike share proponent seeks a helmet exemption for bike share users. Bike share is one of the safest forms of transportation on the planet.
Awesome.
As long as they do not use tax payer money for this high risk, low margin business. I’ll get me one once it is operational.
We all pay taxes for covering the enormous subsidy for the automobile and a lesser subsidy for transit. In this scenario, a small subsidy for bike share should be acceptable, especially given the huge benefits that cycling offers to society. Recent research from BC shows that each km ridden provides society with a benefit of $0.15 while each km driven imposes a cost to society of $0.56.
http://movingforward.discoursemedia.org/costofcommute/
Even a subsidized bike share could provide net benefits to society.
That’s a very informative link, Arno.
Thomas – that’s my thinking about the Massey Bridge! While the government is still involved in transportation network making, let’s just make sure there’s equal time, space (and investment) put towards all modes. Seems fair – especially when there’s such an overwhelming body of evidence pointing to successful bike share programs. (Most people only seem to know or care about the minority that fail.)
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Same question asked at Council meeting. Reply was that either riders will use a “little cap”, presumably supplied by CycleHop, or else will bring their own helmet.
I sense that there may be some behind-the-scenes push by CoV for an exemption to the Provincial mandatory helmet law. Several exemptions already exist — and one (Pedicabs) is a business case issue. Just as there are many exemptions to the motor vehicle seat belt requirement.
Great, if the bikes come with the pictured blue LRT for the Olympic Line!
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Further detail here: http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/public-bike-share-media-package.pdf
they say, it will be “smart bikes”? Do the bikes will be smart enough to accept the Compass card?
Perhaps smart bikes will be self-driving! You know, to calm all the ranting and raving about autonomous vehicles. And to counter argue with efficient road space allocation
http://www.citymetric.com/sites/default/files/images/cycling%20promotion%20fund.jpg
along with the benefits to the public and individuals.
So helmets would still be required for bikes that have a geometry such that it is impossible to tip forward on?
Flipping out on black ice can just as easily result in cracking the *back* of your head/helmet against the ground. This has happened to me twice – in fact, I can’t imagine the geometry and physics required for you to tip *forward*.