[Pil-pc-oceania] Bike Moves

[Daniel Rossi]

On 28/03/2008, at 12:05 PM, RussGrayson wrote:

> Hi Dan...
> I understand that municipal shared bicycle schemes have been  
> considered in
> Australia but that issues regarding helmet laws and insurance made  
> it too
> hard.
>

Hmm, you might find this weird, but the city of Toronto wasn't as  
congested with traffic as Sydney is, therefore most people choose not  
to wear helmets there, and even the SUV drivers were accepting to many  
bikes on the road :) There was also bike stands pretty much every five  
meters just as you would see parking meters, so replace parking meters  
with bike stands maybe  ?

Well in terms of public liability for a not for profit group, you are  
just supplying a bike on loan for free, it should be personal  
responsibility shouldn't it ?. And the other thing is it might have to  
well be council / government initiatives because it's their own fault  
for making the place unsafe and unaccessible to begin with :)  It  
could also create jobs rebuilding recycled bikes / mechanics /  
workshops. The scheme is flawed though as bikes will go missing.