Citycard Cycle Hire and Storage Scheme Trial - Your Comments Please
Posted July 3rd, 2011 by admin
Both Pedals and the City Council are keen to get comments on the City Council's proposed Citycard Cycle Hire and Storage Scheme Trial, to be introduced over the next year.
The aim of this scheme, using special Pashley bikes, as shown in the pictures, is to promote the use of bikes in combination with public transport, particularly focusing on more employment areas where current cost pressures make the provision of bus services less economic.
The bikes, based at a series of hubs, such as the Broad Marsh bus station, which serve several local employment areas, would be available for hire by people with Citycards, and there would also be opportunities for people who preferred to use their own bikes in combination with buses, for longer journeys. The public transport hubs would all be located close to major employment areas (outside the city centre) and most of these are to be found in the flatter south and west sides of Nottingham, where the cycle network is most developed.
Having good cycle access, as well as secure bike storage, is vital. Users would need to book a bike in advance and security would be helped by having details on the Citycards database.
The current proposal is that:
- This will in the first instance be restricted only to Citycard Cycle Club members who have placed a returnable deposit (probably £100). Any resident, not just Nottingham City residents, can have a Citycard.
- Any person with valid pre-paid public transport ticketing on their Citycard will be able to use the cycles free of charge. Others will be charged a fee of £1 per day.
- It is hoped to make hire more flexible and open to other users at a later date, subject to funding, staff availability and the success of the first stage of the scheme.
7 hubs are proposed, at these locations:-
Hub 1 : Queens Drive Park and Ride
Boots, Imperial Tobacco,
Harrimans Lane/ Abbeyfield Rd,
Lenton Lane (Games Workshop, Nottingham Uni Kings Meadow), Queens Dr, Crossgate Dr, NG2
Castle Marina
Queens Medical Centre
Nottingham University (main campus) + University Science Park
Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus
City Centre
Hub 2: Broadmarsh Bus and Coach Station
Castle Marina
Trent Bridge
Meadow Lane/Eastcroft/London Rd
Island Site/Eastside
Hub 3: Train Station/Loxley House
Castle Marina
Trent Bridge
Meadow Lane
Island Site/Eastside
Hub 4 : Colwick Racecourse P&R
Daleside Road employers
Colwick Ind Estate
Lady Bay Retail Park
Meadow Lane/Eastcroft
Island Site
(City Centre)
Hub 5 : Victoria Bus Station
South of the City Centre
Meadow Lane/Eastcroft
NCN Clarendon
Castle Marina
NG2/Queens Dr
Hub 6 : Wilkinson St NET P&R
Nottingham University Jubilee Campus
Clarendon College
City Hospital
Hub 7 : Phoenix NET P&R
Nottingham Business Park
Bilborough College
For more information click on this link or contact Andy Gibbons, Public Transport Manager at the City Council, tel. (0115) 876 4674, email: andy.gibbons [at] nottinghamcity [dot] gov [dot] uk
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