{"id":1832,"date":"2016-08-29T19:26:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T13:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2016-08-29T12:51:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T07:21:49","slug":"cycle-sharing-program-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravi.rajiniravi.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/cycle-sharing-program-in-mumbai\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle sharing program in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago, I tweeted the image of a guy cycling alongside the bus I was taking to work. On a festive day with limited office traffic, he comfortably beat the bus on a 5 kilometer stretch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This cyclist was as fast (if not faster) as any powered vehicle between mahim-prabhadevi &amp; he wasn&#8217;t putting effort. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dyuR421sj\">pic.twitter.com\/8dyuR421sj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ravindra (@ravindra_r) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ravindra_r\/status\/768799413137448960\">August 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, I saw an update for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/hp\/update\/6175204910058045440\" target=\"_blank\">cycle sharing program being started in Mumbai on Linkedin<\/a> with a photo of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melbournebikeshare.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Bike share<\/a>. Unfortunately I couldn&#8217;t comment on Linkedin as it showed an error, multiple times! That I consider LinkedIn to be a site with bad UX is another matter. So am posting my comment here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Before you read my comment, here&#8217;s the news article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/mumbai-gets-its-maiden-public-bike-share-programme\/article8994412.ece\" target=\"_blank\">The Hindu &#8211; Mumbai gets its maiden public bike share programme<\/a>. That article has an apt beginning &#8211; photo of a boy cycling in the rain. And an apt end &#8211; points out that the dedicated cycle lane in BKC remains largely unused :).<\/p>\n<p>Here is my comment:<br \/>\nHaving seen the Melbourne one, I really wish this one takes off in Mumbai&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But a number of things are stacked against it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Location: why Ghatkopar? where the traffic is the messiest,<\/li>\n<li>Weather: Mumbai is no Melbourne, just walking you sweat bucket loads here. Most of the year,<\/li>\n<li>Culture: Have you ever seen a person jogging from \/ to office here \/ how many people do you see cycling on the road,<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure: The only cycle lane I have seen here, the one in BKC is dysfunctional and used for parking cars<\/li>\n<li>Payment mechanism: I think the one in Melbourne has an option to charge your credit card directly, no upfront investment like the one mentioned here,<\/li>\n<li>Safety: Someone already pointed out this issue in a comment and just yesterday I was reading about the death of a cyclist on New York roads,<\/li>\n<li>Use case: When and for what are people going to use this IN GHATKOPAR? And are there enough of them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But, somewhere deep down I really wish there were more and better designed experiments helping people in cities in India adopt cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago, I tweeted the image of a guy cycling alongside the bus I was taking to work. On a festive day with limited office traffic, he comfortably beat the bus on a 5 kilometer stretch. 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