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Bike On Bus – examples from the USA

Valley Metro – front loaded bikes on a bus

Valley Metro provides public transportation alternatives for the Greater Phoenix Metro Area in the USA. All Valley Metro buses are equipped with bike racks on the front of the bus. You can ride your bike to the nearest bus stop or Park-and-Ride location with racks being available are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. So if the bike rack is full, you will need to wait for the next bus.

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Metro Transit – Bike-n-Ride by Bus and Train

Metro Transit in the Minneapolis area USA offer a bike-n-ride service on both buses and trains.

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Front-loaded bikes on a bus
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My Bus Trip app – Real time bus information

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The “My Bus Trip” app provides passengers with free direct access to real time bus information via their mobile phones and includes:

  • real time bus location – displays a map with bus stops and shows real time locations of buses
  • real time route map – displays service routes on the map
  • nearby stops and services – gives access to bus stop and service information related to a location. The location is either set automatically (detected by GPS) or specified on the map by a Drop Pin
  • bus operator – displays the operator name, service and destination for the selected bus
  • detailed journey information – provides full information about a journey including where the service stops, the distance of stops from your current location, bus due time, predicted departure time and scheduled departure time.
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An example of the web-based Interactive map from Cambridgeshire County Council

Covering the Cambridgeshire area the app is available for the Android, iphone. ipad and the ipod as well as on the web.

More details and download the app.

Surprisingly, it does not appear to be promoted by Cambridgeshire County Council.

Interactive Map on Car availability by ward using Census 2011 England and Wales

A useful interactive map that merges of car availability by ward and the Census 2011 England and Wales Electoral Wards using Google Fusion Tables. Could be used as a tool for identifying rural areas with low car availability – thus he need for more rural public transport services. Obviously other factors like density of population needs to be considered.

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London’s self-service, bike-sharing scheme

London’s self-service, bike-sharing scheme, forms part of Transport for London’s integrated public transportation network.

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They are officially now known as Santander Cycles as they are sponsored by the Santander Bank. But, they are more commonly known as “Boris Bikes” after the Major of London – Boris Johnson – after Boris Johnson, who was the Mayor of London when the scheme was launched.

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Brompton Bikes taken on trains and buses

Brompton Bike Hire was created to address the clear need for a cycle hire scheme that is accessible to all, easy and cheap to install and run, economical to use, not dependent on state subsidies, flexible and compact.

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The Brompton folding bike can be taken to work or home, you can even take it on trains, buses and the overground at peak times.

Bikes can be booked online and are stored in a “Dock” for collection at various locations.

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Travelling with a bike on Virgin Trains

On Virgin West Coast Mainline trains can take up to four bikes, and on the Pendolino trains there’s even space for two tandems. It’s free, but remember to reserve your space in advance.

You’ll need to board your bike at least 10 minutes before departure allowing enough time to walk to coach A to load your bike in the dedicated space. If you need a hand with this, just ask a member of staff and they’ll be happy to help.

Remember to pick up a bike tag from the station ticket office, it lets the onboard team know how far your bike is riding with us.

If you’d like a hand unloading your wheels, ask the Train Manager and they’ll organise someone to be there to help you at your stop.

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What is Bike & Go?

Bike & Go is a bike hire scheme that lets you quickly and easily complete your train journey by bike.

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Here's how it works:

  1. Register your credit or debit card details here and pay the annual subscription fee
  2. Receive your Bike & Go card in the post
  3. Check availability at your chosen station
  4. Hand in your Bike & Go card at the station’s ticket office to collect the key to your bike
  5. The rental fee will automatically be charged at the end of every month
  6. Unlock the bike from the station and get pedalling!
  7. Remember to use both locks when leaving your bike unattended
  8. Return the bike to the station, lock it and return the key to ticket office

Bike & Go is operated by Merseyrail, Northern Rail, and Abellio Greater Anglia. covering a large part of the UK.

 

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