Public bike share programmes, which helped major cities around the world fight traffic problems and reduce pollution, made a debut here on Monday with a project to rent out bicycles starting in the north eastern suburb of Ghatkopar.
“This is a small experiment where we are starting with 20 bicycles, which will be operating across five dedicated depots,” Kisanrao Gopale, the man behind the project supported by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), said.
The MCGM has given space for the cycling depots at five different places witnessing large footfalls on an experimental basis. People will have to pay Rs 5 per journey, which is less than bus transport and also the “share rickshaws” unique to the city.
(Published 15 August 2016, 18:45 IST)
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