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The commuters will now be able to take cycles on rent from a docking station available nearby location and travel to the nearest Metro station and then again rent a cycle from a departing metro station Kochi Metro launches public bike sharing system. Know plans, how to book a ride | Photo Credit: Twitter
New Delhi: In a bid to offer last-mile connectivity, Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) on Saturday launched a Public Bike Sharing (PBS) system from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Metro Station in Kochi. The service will assist commuters travel to the stations. The system, called the MYBYK app, will allow the users to register and start using the bicycles from the docking station.
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AAA The open-loop National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) smart card named Kochi-1, launched jointly by Kochi Metro Rail Limited and Axis Bank and claimed to be the first of its kind in India, crossed the one-lakh milestone on Saturday.
About 30% of the cards were issued to women commuters. The metro agency had, as part of this year’s International Women’s Day, launched an offer on Kochi-1 card by waiving off issuance and recharge fees for women and students. Nearly 800 students and 3,825 women commuters availed the offer.
Kochi-1 card is a co-branded prepaid card issued at metro stations and Axis Bank branches in Kochi and has wide acceptance in transit and retail touchpoints in the city. The cards can also be used in the soon-to-be-launched Water Metro ferries, avoiding the need to have multiple travel cards. It is also accepted in over 200 private buses.
Shared bicycle system gets rolling in Kochi
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First lot of 360 bicycles launched
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Some of the 360 shared bicycles launched in Kochi on Saturday at a terminal point at Ernakulam Boat Jetty.
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First lot of 360 bicycles launched Over 200 riders, including children, senior citizens and cycling enthusiasts, participated in the inaugural ride organised as part of the launch of the first lot of 360 bicycles, part of the MYBYK Public Bike Sharing (PBS) system that will see a total of 1,000 bicycles being launched in the Greater Kochi area, here on Saturday.
A joint initiative of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KRML) and Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML), the bicycles were flagged off from the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium metro station here on Saturday by Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Managing Director of KMRL, in the presence of District Collector S. Suhas, District Police Chief (Kochi City) C.H. Nagaraju, CSML Ge
Cycle lane delineators on smart roads soon
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The initiative to stop unauthorised parking to be rolled out first on Abraham Madamakkal Road
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The initiative to stop unauthorised parking to be rolled out first on Abraham Madamakkal Road
Delineators will be installed on bicycle lanes on ‘smart roads’ in the city to prevent other vehicles from parking on them, official sources said.
This comes in the wake of the impending launch on Saturday of the first lot of 360 shared bicycles that will be based at 60 terminals across the city, as part of a joint initiative of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) and Cochin Smart Mission Limited (CSML) to launch 1,000 shared bicycles.