Melbourne Bike Share
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Locale | Melbourne, Australia |
| Transit type | Bicycle sharing system |
| Number of stations | 51 |
| Website | Melbourne Bike Share |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 2010 |
| Operator(s) | RACV |
| Number of vehicles | 600 |
Melbourne Bike Share is a bicycle sharing system that serves the central business district of Melbourne, Australia. The stations and bicycles are owned by the government and operated in a public-private partnership with RACV. Launched in 2010, the network utilizes a system designed by Montreal-based PBSC Urban Solutions with 600 bicycles operating from 51 stations. Melbourne Bike Share is one of two such systems in Australia.
Initially Melbourne Bike Share experienced low ridership. As of May 2011, users had made about 13,000 trips each month, short of the goal of 25,000 trips per month. A mandatory helmet law was cited as reason. In November 2010, the Victoria state government began offering helmet rentals at selected stations in an attempt to increase both ridership and helmet usage.
The Victorian Government decided in May 2013 to trial free helmet sharing by attaching the helmets to the handlebars of a portion of the bike share fleet.
RACV reported in their Annual Report that 170,000 rides took place between July 2015 and June 2016.
At present, the network encompasses the Melbourne CBD, North Melbourne, Richmond and along the bay from Port Melbourne to St Kilda, with 50 stations and approximately 600 bikes available to the public.
The platform behind the bike share system is created by 8D Technologies, who also supply the server technology for BIXI Montréal, Citi Bike in New York City, Santander Cycles in London, Capital Bikeshare in Washington DC, and others.
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