Bicycle-sharing system introduced in Peshawar for promoting pollution-free environment
In the first phase, 360 bicycles have been purchased from China and have Peshawar.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The government-owned TransPeshawar company has introduced an impressive bicycle-sharing system for commuters in Peshawar as a part of its much-delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
In the first phase, 360 bicycles have been purchased from China and have reached the city for the ‘Zu Bicycle’ sharing system for which 30 stations had been planned in University Road and Hayatabad areas, according to a statement issued.
TRANS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Muhammad Fayyaz Khan told Dunya News on Thursday that the bicycles could be parked at 30 stations along the BRT track with the 27-km.
However, people expressed displeasure that bicycles would “suffer the same fate as the BRT project that has not benefitted them until now.”
According to provincial government sources, the one of a kind in the country bike-sharing will also include renting feature.
“By adding non-motorised traffic along the entire corridor and providing first and last-mile connectivity, the Peshawar BRT will be promoting pollution-free environment, good health and convenience of commuters,” a statement stated.
“Once customers are registered in the system and have deposited requisite security, they can use the Zu smart card or Zu mobile app to rent bicycles, which can be released from docks.
The bicycle kiosks installed at each bicycle station will have a facility for customers to view the status of their card and access their credentials,” it further mentioned.
It said the BRT users, who took bicycles from the relatively full stations or return bicycles to relatively empty stations, would be rewarded.
“To rent and return Zu bicycle, commuters will use the same Zu Smart card or Zu Mobile app, which they will use for buses.
They will acquire bicycle for rent from 30 minutes to few hours and the usage/rental fare will be charged for the rental time,” it went on to say.
“There will be several bicycle docks in Peshawar University and Hayatabad with kiosks to facilitate users to reach the final destination after getting off the Zu bus and vice versa,” it said.
