Mysuru: The Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System, the first-of-its-kind in the country introduced in the city, has become a big success. Hence, more docking stations have been planned and the District Administration has decided to ring in a few changes in the tariff for renting of the bicycles. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep chairing a meeting on PBS with Mysuru City Corporation officials and the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT), at the Jaladarshini Guest House, here yesterday, said that the experiment on bicycle sharing system introduced three months ago is ending this month. Hence, there will be a few changes in the tariff. Randeep, explaining the changes said, “Earlier, once the bicycle was unlocked from the docking station it was free for the first one hour and after that Rs.5 was fixed for every one hour. This system is going to continue. However, earlier if a person was using the bicycle and parking it in the docking station, the first one minute to 59 minutes time was not taken into consideration. Now there is a slight change in this rule. For example, if a person uses it for 15 minutes and again uses it for 45 minutes, it is considered as one hour (which means only one ride will be free for the first one hour) and after that Rs.5 will be charged for every one hour.” This rule will come into force from Nov.20 for new registrations and for renewal of registrations. From Dec.1, it will include all the members, said the officials.
More Docking Stations
