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
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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.
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Rectification report on Elamkulam curve soon
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Inconsistent carriageway could have triggered accidents: NATPAC
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Officials of NATPAC, city traffic police, and the Motor Vehicles Department during an inspection at the Elamkulam curve on S.A. Road on Friday.
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Inconsistent carriageway could have triggered accidents: NATPAC
The National Transportation Planning and Research Centre (NATPAC) will submit a rectification report on the Elamkulam curve on SA Road at the earliest to KRSA, District Road Safety Committee, Kochi Corporation, and Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL), so that they can implement measures at the earliest, according to Ebin Sam, scientist in charge of NATPAC’s Kozhikode regional centre.