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Pbinscab on 14/08/2011 - 22:41 brisbanetimes.com.au (911 clicks)

Seven-point plan to boost CityCycle
Daily subscriptions reduced to $2 (from $11)
Weekly subscriptions introduced at $11
400 free helmets to be distributed to key stations
Web-mobile access to allow people to subscribe using a smartphone or tablet
CityCycle Express Cards introduced, meaning no wait for a CityCycle card in the mail. The express cards are only available for quarterly and annual subscriptions.
Corporate subscriptions introduced to allow companies to register multiple cards under one company name with charge back to one common credit card.
Allow users to agree to the terms and conditions at the terminal over the phone when they use their card
for the first time

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  • issh on 14/08/2011 - 22:44
    +5

    The poll is interesting

    Would you wear a free helmet that had been used by other cyclists on the CityCycle scheme?
    Yes - I don't see why not 52%
    No - that's gross 48%

    • camelgrass on 14/08/2011 - 22:52

      Imagine in the Brisbane summer, wearing a sweaty helmet that was already worn by several others during the day you hire the bike.

      • MattyD on 14/08/2011 - 22:56
        +6

        Ever been bowling?

        • camelgrass on 14/08/2011 - 22:57

          When I was a kid which was a long time ago. I thought you wear your own socks anyway. The bowling alley was air-conditioned as well.

        • AntMan76 on 14/08/2011 - 23:04
          +15

          You wear a helmet at bowling? :)

        • MattyD on 14/08/2011 - 23:06
          +12

          You don't wear a sock on your head?!

  • camelgrass on 14/08/2011 - 22:45
    +1

    LOL, 400 free helmets, they're not going to go very far. They'll need to give away far more than that if the scheme is ever going to be a success (very doubtful).

    You'd have to be suicidal to ride on Brisbane roads. Build more bike paths first and then it may have a chance.

    • jv on 14/08/2011 - 23:35
      +6

      LOL, 400 free helmets, they're not going to go very far

      At least it's not in Tassie, were only 200 could take up the offer…

      • camelgrass on 14/08/2011 - 23:36
        +1

        LOL, I get it now, but had to read it twice!!

        • strangeloops66 on 15/08/2011 - 10:47

          With both sets of eyes you mean? Hehe

  • binscab on 14/08/2011 - 22:46
    -1

    They've got to be for keeps surely.. I mean, otherwise they'd need Hair Net dispensers.

    • jdr on 14/08/2011 - 23:14
      +1

      By calling them "free", you would think so. But then there is the question in the article about hygiene so that implies they are not free.

      I'm confused.

  • King Tightarse on 14/08/2011 - 22:52
    +1

    One word and that word is "nits".

    • MattyD on 14/08/2011 - 23:06
      +7

      You can't spell "City Cycle" without "l-i-c-e".

      It'd just be called "Cty Cy".

    • ejsteven on 14/08/2011 - 23:13

      Don't forget dandruff… yum… another person's dead skin cells on my head.

      • King Tightarse on 14/08/2011 - 23:18
        +2

        Actually, that sounds a lot like the kind of branding State government go with.
        (after 27 million development fund, conference retreats, focus groups, consultants and marketing feedback studies)

        "Cty Cy"

        • kirasuran on 15/08/2011 - 01:34

          state government branding is so terrible…mybus mytrain mycrappystatebranding. travelten actually MEANT something at least.

        • altomic on 15/08/2011 - 10:13
          +1

          c'mon! they are getting in to the theme of things with the helmets.

          they are wanting to re-cycle them!

        • strangeloops66 on 15/08/2011 - 11:01

          Another word, which trumps your word, and that is "magpies". Nothing like having your head opened up by one of these avian Stukas.

      • strangeloops66 on 15/08/2011 - 10:54

        At least they are dead!

    • strangeloops66 on 15/08/2011 - 11:00

      EDIT: please ignore

      • MattyD on 15/08/2011 - 13:06
        +1

        Well okay, just this once. But I'm going out on a limb here.

    • strangeloops66 on 15/08/2011 - 11:03

      EDIT: Please ignore

      • MattyD on 15/08/2011 - 13:07
        +1

        That's it, we're over.

  • SakuraChan on 14/08/2011 - 23:10
    -6

    why is this on ozbargain??????

  • camelgrass on 14/08/2011 - 23:18
    +2

    For the amount this scheme has cost to date (and still rising) they could have given every person in Brisbane a free bicycle and helmet. That's without all the visual pollution from the associated sponsored advertising around Brisbane (which partly funds the scheme) and the blight of 75—soon to be 150—bike stations across Brisbane. Several of the bike stations have also resumed pedestrian and public space.

    CANdo Campbell—yeah right!! I would have liked to see the $800M he put into the CLEM7 tunnel (which is already broke after just over a year) invested in some decent bike paths and public transport infrastucture around Brisbane.

  • StevieRay on 14/08/2011 - 23:36
    +4

    Heading is misleading

    Should be changed to reflect that hire prices have been reduced and helmet is provided.

    They are not giving away helmets for free.

    • [Deactivated] on 15/08/2011 - 07:24

      Entire 'deal' is confusing.

  • mizazn on 15/08/2011 - 00:14
    +1

    I'ld rather wear a helmet than no helmet at all

    luckily i don't ride a bike ;)

  • tonyjzx on 15/08/2011 - 05:10

    i don't get this

    if you want to ride buy a bloody bike and helmet - it's not like they are expensive

    • barefoot on 15/08/2011 - 06:39
      +2

      City bike schemes are intended to be used casually and spontaneously, when you need to go somewhere but don't have a bike with you.

      They work brilliantly for that purpose in hundreds of cities around the world, except for Brisbane and Melbourne, where they're only available to people who spontaneously need to go somewhere and don't have a bike with them, but happen to have a bicycle helmet in their back pocket.

      Australia, New Zealand, and a few Canadian provinces are the only places in the world with mandatory bicycle helmet laws.

      Israel and Mexico repealed their helmet laws when they introduced a city bike program. It was obvious to them that the system could not work if patrons are required to carry a helmet at all times just in case they want to use a city bike.

      • jv on 15/08/2011 - 09:42

        City bike schemes are intended to be used casually and spontaneously, when you need to go somewhere but don't have a bike with you.

        what's wrong with public transport?

        • FloatingPoint on 15/08/2011 - 10:27
          +1

          City cycle only mean to cover a relatively short journey only in the inner city.
          And the fare for public transport is a joke… taking a bus for 1 stop cost you $3.90 so the bike may become more attractive if they are $2 a day.

        • FloatingPoint on 15/08/2011 - 10:27

          oops sorry double post

        • jv on 15/08/2011 - 13:37

          And the fare for public transport is a joke…

          In melb, most people in the CBD have already come in by public transport and already have a daily ticket, so using a bike becomes an extra cost

        • camelgrass on 15/08/2011 - 16:14

          You can't even buy a daily ticket in Brisbane any longer. Not even a weekly, monthly or yearly.

          Who the hell makes these decisions and why are they on wages of $100,000+. It beggars belief.

          The only way to get any kind of a decent fare price is to buy a Go Card (you can still buy paper tickets but they are 30% more expensive and for single fares only—no return tickets or dailys). But when your Go Card is faulty you get a huge fine and criminal conviction:
          http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/british-man-fa…

          We live in a crazy world.

        • AntMan76 on 15/08/2011 - 20:35
          +2

          I got sick of forking out hard earned money to get ripped off with public transport. Some buses still have fare stickers from 2009 that show fares have risen 50% in 2 years.

          For the same $$ I spent each week to use the bus, I bought a motorbike and commute. Free parking too.

        • issh on 15/08/2011 - 23:00

          @ camelgrass

          You can't even buy a daily ticket in Brisbane any longer. Not even a weekly, monthly or yearly.

          ^this
          really crap now cos with daily you could do essentially unlimited trips, but now every 2 hours you have to pay

          with regards to monthly/yearly, let's just say that i know people who photocopy it and sell it(honestly quite smart!)

          @antman

          I got sick of forking out hard earned money to get ripped off with public transport. Some buses still have fare stickers from 2009 that show fares have risen 50% in 2 years.

          +1 to that
          I remember, i think it was 2006/2007 that the concession was $1 for a single 1 zone, now it is $2(tickets)

        • barefoot on 18/08/2011 - 13:02

          A properly coordinated city bike scheme should effectively BECOME part of the public transport system.
          Ideally, the ticketing system would be integrated… but even if it's on an independent fare collection system, it should be perfectly normal to arrive into the city on a train, then jump a city bike to your final destination rather than two trams and walking a block.
          All of which would work just fine, if you happen to have a helmet in your pocket.
          PS - bikes are cheaper than trams and busses. Adding a bike scheme to the public transport grid is possibly the cheapest way to expand its capacity. Ever tried to catch a peak hour tram up Swanston Street?

    • altomic on 15/08/2011 - 13:21
      +1

      trial what melbourne did with the $5 7-11 helmet deal.
      www.ozbargain.com.au/node/32830

      would rather subsidise helmets than subsidise an ABI claim with Queensland Roads.

      besides in June 2010, when the scheme went live, just 1141 trips were taken. In October, the first month the cheap helmets were available, 8729 cycles were hired. Last month that increased to 9650.

      http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/2m-needed-to-keep-lid-on-b…

      • altomic on 15/08/2011 - 13:23

        unless City Cycle think this is some sort of Backtothefuture deal.
        "helmets! where we are going we don't need helmets"

      • camelgrass on 15/08/2011 - 16:03

        Melbourne is more suited to this type of scheme. I know Melbourne's topography is not exactly flat, but much flater than Brisbane. The streets appear to be better suited for cycling as well, with wider roads and more bike lanes and paths.

        Melbourne driver's are more practiced at being aware on the roads, with the need to look out for trams and the higher number of cyclists on the roads.

        And, yeah, that helmet scheme looks like a great idea.

        • PlagueistheCheap on 17/08/2011 - 22:50

          The amount of cars that crash into giant steel trams stuck on rails is amazing, I wouldn't ride a bike down here on the roads, especially while my wife holds a license.

  • MattyD on 15/08/2011 - 14:48
    +1

    Now that I think about it they should have implemented the "City Helmets" program instead.

    People would walk past a thousand helmets every day and think: if only I had a bike on me!

    And it would have been cheaper for the rate payer and taken up less space than the bike program.

    • camelgrass on 15/08/2011 - 15:58

      HAHA… good one.

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