[bikeqld] bus racks on buses Christchurch but NOT Brisbane

[Dave Ingram]

Michael Yeates wrote:
> One Ilam/Mt Pleasant bus, one Northern Star bus to Rangiora and
> Kaiapoi and one Redwood bus also had bike racks fitted as part of the
> trial.
These are good runs for a trial. It is 25km or so from the centre of
Christchurch to Kiapoi, and another 20km or so on to Rangiora. Ilam is a
waste of time 6km from the city, but Mt Pleasant is a windy nasty trip.
> The ten services involving hills and/or significant distances which
> will soon be retendered and will require bike-carrying racks as part
> of their contracts are to Halswell, Kennedy’s Bush, Styx
> Mill/Westmorland, Harewood/Dyers Pass, Bishopdale/Major Aitken,
> Airport/Sumner, Ilam/Mt Pleasant, Lyttelton/Rapaki,
> Riccarton/Heathcote and St Albans/Huntsbury. The bike racks would be
> ready for the newly contracted services in November.
These are 'hills' that get up to 600m or so, instead of the 250m
'mountain' we have in Brisbane :-)

Not surprising that Ecan (I still think of it as the Canterbury Regional
Council) can get this right on the buses -- they've had smart card
ticketing for years and have managed a system to cap the amount you
spend per day so you'd be no worse off than a daily ticket. Translink
could learn much!


Dave.

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