PESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province is all set to launch the eco-friendly ‘Zu Bicycle Sharing System’ in Peshawar City on March 10. Peshawar is the first city in Pakistan to adopt a Chinese-style bike-sharing system aiming to provide the urban residents with a cheaper, convenient and time-saving mode of transportation and to reduce energy consumption and harmful gas emission.
TransPeshawar, a KP Government-owned urban mobility company, is initiating Zu Bicycle Sharing, which is part of the Peshawar Bus and Rapid Transit (BRT) system. The Rs. 70 billion BRT project, launched in August 2020, is branded as “Zu Peshawar”, which in Pashto language means “Lets Go Peshawar”. A separate bike-lane is constructed along the 28-kilometer BRT corridor for the Zu Bicycle system.