[bikeqld] free Citibikes in Brisbane

[Anthony Lee]

Hi Ian,

With respect to the Courier Mail article, do you agree with Ben Wilson? I don't think the cost
is at all reasonable. I wondered how many bicycle hire left their business under the assumption
that this was going to be free?

 Anthony Lee
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From: Ian Lister <list-bikeqld at lister.dnsalias.net>
To: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Sent: Friday, 23 January, 2009 1:09:05 PM
Subject: Re: [bikeqld] free Citibikes in Brisbane

Thanks to Richard and Seb for posting the links to the articles. There are still a lot of details missing though, and nothing on the BCC web site yet. Is there any more comprehensive information available out there?

Over the last year one of the big questions has been how the scheme will deal with helmets. From the articles Seb linked to it's not clear but it sounds like they'll sell you one for $20 and, other than that, it's up to you to bring your own. If so, surely that will cut down the opportunities for using the bikes - people will need to plan ahead and carry a helmet around with them if they're intending to use one of the bikes.

Or people might just ignore the law. Perhaps this will result in a higher level of disregard for the law. There had been speculation that BCC could pressure the state government to amend the law. That doesn't seem to have happened, but perhaps in the longer run some pressure will build. It'll need the federal government to be on board too though, I think, and, frankly, I can't see any level of government in Australia leaning that way any time soon.

Ian

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