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About LinkBacksHalf heard news there on somesuch proposal. Sounds like something you'd hear on April 1st.
Half heard news there on somesuch proposal. Sounds like something you'd hear on April 1st.
I assume you're talking about these bikes which are made available at docking station type places which are littered with advertising. If so I read about this a while back, I think it's something which is thrown up once a year but never gets off the ground.Originally Posted by jerryp
I'm nearly sure there was a thread about it here. I don't know what you'd search under though.
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They agreed a deal with JC Decaux ages ago for it. The thing on the news is the various objections being mounted.I assume you're talking about these bikes which are made available at docking station type places which are littered with advertising. If so I read about this a while back, I think it's something which is thrown up once a year but never gets off the ground.
I'm nearly sure there was a thread about it here. I don't know what you'd search under though.
Ah, of course. But wasn't this plan proposed before, I mean years ago?They agreed a deal with JC Decaux ages ago for it. The thing on the news is the various objections being mounted.I assume you're talking about these bikes which are made available at docking station type places which are littered with advertising. If so I read about this a while back, I think it's something which is thrown up once a year but never gets off the ground.
I'm nearly sure there was a thread about it here. I don't know what you'd search under though.
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Yea it's been "on the cards" so to speak for quite a while - along with the idea of citywide free wifi, think the deal was struck around last autumn.Ah, of course. But wasn't this plan proposed before, I mean years ago?They agreed a deal with JC Decaux ages ago for it. The thing on the news is the various objections being mounted.I assume you're talking about these bikes which are made available at docking station type places which are littered with advertising. If so I read about this a while back, I think it's something which is thrown up once a year but never gets off the ground.
I'm nearly sure there was a thread about it here. I don't know what you'd search under though.
The bicycles thing I'm not so sure about. Do you recall if they were free to use, I can't recall.
But I think the free wi-fi was a great idea.
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I think the idea is that they're free to use but you register some details or swipe your credit card when you take them and get a presumably hefty fine if you don't bring the bike back. Don't know why you wouldn't bring it back though, they're meant to be pretty poor bikes - solid rubber tyres so they don't need to keep pumping them or something.
Dubliners will have a free bike scheme of their own early next year, it was confirmed today. Labour councillor Andrew Montague said there would be 500 bikes at 25 stations in key locations across the capital. The Ballymun-Whitehall representative said the success of the scheme in Paris, Lyon and Oslo showed that people could be encouraged out of their cars.
A commuter arriving at Heuston Station would be able to cycle to Baggot Street in about 15 minutes, he said, adding: “Try doing that in rush hour.” He went on: “A computer system will keep track on who is using the bikes, and anyone who decides to throw their bike in the Liffey will automatically lose their 150 euro deposit. “That should deter even the most fool-hardy pranksters.”I've lost the link though, I had that copied from before.The idea is simple and brilliant. For 24 euros/year* you can get a card from the city hall that allows you to check out automatically a bicycle at numerous points in the city (mostly at every metro station, train station and major hubs) and use it for free for half an hour. It’s supposed to be an extension of the transit system. You get a bicycle at one station, cycle it to where you are going and drop it off at the nearest drop-off point to your destination. Half an hour is enough to cross most of the city but if you need more time you pay 30 cents for every half hour up to two hours. After two hours you are penalized and may lose your card. It’s all self-service and Bicing is available from 5 am to midnight during the week and 24 hours on the weekend.
We need to radically change every system that has enabled the wholesale destruction of the Irish landscape, rural and urban. There is no time for incremental step by step measures. The systems have failed utterly and the only hope for a real recovery requires the rule book to be torn up completely.
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Heavy words are so lightly thrown.
