Riding a cycle on a city street and achieving the vacation spot safely isn't lower than profitable a conflict, stated Dr Revathi Hariharan, a 60-year-old resident of Vadavalli and a bike owner. She rides her cycle to the health center and pedals for a minimum of 50km each day. Narrating a harrowing experience, she stated she used to be coming back from her health center when a bus took a pointy turn in the Vadavalli space to keep away from a pothole, no longer noticing that she used to be biking at the excessive left facet of the road. "I miraculously escaped that day," she stated. "There is no respect for cyclists by other vehicle users and the infrastructure needs to be improved if they want the bicycle sharing system to be useful. The roads are not user-friendly for cyclists," she stated.
While consumers for the bicycle sharing device seem to be increasing through the day, loss of exclusive cycle tracks and protection at the street has made citizens keep away from cycles throughout top hours. With limited space at the roads even for pedestrians, riding cycles will not be sensible. Civic activists stated that only if there are cycle tracks folks will use the device better.
"People are willing to use the bicycle sharing system. But the safety aspect worries the residents," stated a company engineer who added that whilst riding cycles buses and vehicles sped past perilously just about the riders.
"Several exclusive cycle tracks will come up under the smart city project around the city lakes. These will have connectivity with inner roads in the areas around the lake," stated an engineer.
Ravi Shankar, a civic activist, stated that with out protection assurance, this release might not be a successful one. "In other countries where this was launched, cyclists were allowed to ride on pavements and separate cycle tracks. But in Coimbatore, all the pavements are also blocked by vendors. The corporation has to come up with roads and locations that can be exclusively used by cyclists."
Corporation commissioner Ok Vijayakarthikeyan stated they'd assess the usage and take suitable steps to support infrastructure.
While consumers for the bicycle sharing device seem to be increasing through the day, loss of exclusive cycle tracks and protection at the street has made citizens keep away from cycles throughout top hours. With limited space at the roads even for pedestrians, riding cycles will not be sensible. Civic activists stated that only if there are cycle tracks folks will use the device better.
"People are willing to use the bicycle sharing system. But the safety aspect worries the residents," stated a company engineer who added that whilst riding cycles buses and vehicles sped past perilously just about the riders.
"Several exclusive cycle tracks will come up under the smart city project around the city lakes. These will have connectivity with inner roads in the areas around the lake," stated an engineer.
Ravi Shankar, a civic activist, stated that with out protection assurance, this release might not be a successful one. "In other countries where this was launched, cyclists were allowed to ride on pavements and separate cycle tracks. But in Coimbatore, all the pavements are also blocked by vendors. The corporation has to come up with roads and locations that can be exclusively used by cyclists."
Corporation commissioner Ok Vijayakarthikeyan stated they'd assess the usage and take suitable steps to support infrastructure.
Good option, but where are the cycle tracks?
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March 10, 2018
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