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MMRDA's answer to BKC's traffic woes: Bicycle-sharing plan
Updated On: 28 September, 2019 07:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Authority says it will provide cycles at BKC, Kurla, Bandra stations to ease traffic problems in business district; cyclists, critics sceptical
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The cycle tracks built in BKC in 2011 are now used as parking space or dumped with garbage. Pics/ Nimesh Dave
While cycling is an environmental-friendly mode of transport, "people who have them avoid taking them to work because there are no places to park them," MMRDA joint project director Dilip Kawatkar told mid-day. "We want to promote the culture of cycling to work and have, therefore, invited tenders for supply, operations and maintenance of a Public Bicycle Sharing System in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC), Bandra East and Kurla West outside the suburban railway stations," he said, adding that cycles will be available at the stand for use.
The bidder who gets the contract for operating the system will provide the cycles and also look after their maintenance. Firoza Suresh, Smart Commute Foundation director, welcomed the move saying it will also help last-mile connectivity at both Kurla and Bandra East.
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