Ananth Ranganathan - Freewheeling

Freewheeling
A city bike dream to transform Bangalore's traffic landscape
Ananth Ranganathan

Re-cycling Bangalore
A community bike scheme
Bicycle stations across city
Members borrow cycle and travel from any source station to destination station

The “why, what, when, how, who” of it all...

The mobility impasse Source : World City Bike Council

The mobility impasse Bangalore Which way do we go?

The mobility impasse
Or a city that is very friendly to people.
We can have a city that is very friendly to cars.
But we cannot have both .
- Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá Columbia
-Co-winner of 2000 Stockholm Environment Award

Comparison at Munster, Germany Space occupied Cars vs. Bus vs. Bicycles For the same number of people

Top Gear – London Race
West to East London -
Race on a weekday morning
Car vs. Bike vs. Boat vs. Public Transport

Race results 1 3 4 2

City Bike Schemes
Centrally operated bicycle scheme
Bicycle stations all over the city
Pickup from any station and drop off at any station
Rental charge

P a r i s
Public bicycle rental programme in Paris
20,000 bicycles and 1,450 stations
One station every 300 metres

P a r i s
Automatic rental terminal
Spots for dozens of bicycles
Maps showing station locations
Subscription + rent

P a r i s
Bicycling as a share of traffic up from 1.63% in 2006-2007 to about 15 % last year
Over 3.5 million rides in the first 3 months
Decongestion, reduced pollution
Bicycles are 99% recyclable
City bike scheme economically viable

Copenhagen City Bike
World's bicycle capital
2.000 city bikes – Free for public use
110 city bike-racks
Revenues by advertising

Copenhagenize

Copenhagenize
30,000 cyclists per day
36% of Copenhageners travel on bicycle
1,1 million kilometres ridden every day
300 km of bike lanes
Green city awards
Bike on public transport
Highest happiness quotient on earth

Namma Bengaluru - Possibilities
A centralized city-bike scheme
Robust security mechanism
Rental scheme with user tracking
Interlink with buses, metro passes
Carry bike in public transport
Parking

Concerns
Better safety rate than pedestrians – (NO KIDDING)‏
Rains, sweaty & dirty work 
Securing the bicycles
Parking
Motorists' consciousness

Why it'll work
Time, cost, health
Decongestion
Low investment
Last-mile support
The “cool” factor
FUN
Bangalore has already taken the first steps towards getting Copenhagenized...
Bangalore Bikers Club
Workshops
Critical Mass

Here's to the present and the future... Thank you, folks - Ananth R [email_address]

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Ananth Ranganathan - Freewheeling

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