Public bicycles attract customers in Ho Chi Minh City, coming to Hanoi soon

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After nearly half a year of implementation, public bicycles in Ho Chi Minh City are being welcomed by people.

Up to now, after a short pilot period, more than 110,000 customers in Ho Chi Minh City have registered to use the public bicycle service with more than 730,000km traveled.

Nguyen Van Hai, a resident of Thu Duc City who has rented public bicycles several times, shared: “Before, when there were no public bicycles, when I went to the city, I took a bus and took a Grab bike to the places I needed to go. center. Now there are bicycles, just take a bus to Ham Nghi wharf, walk about 200m and then rent a bicycle to go around the center at a very cheap price.

As noted by PV, there are currently a lot of people, mostly young people, who rent bicycles to walk around, explore the center of Ho Chi Minh City on weekends or to exercise. There are also quite a few car hirers who are foreign tourists.

“I hope Ho Chi Minh City can widely deploy this model throughout the city to not only serve the needs of walking on the street but also become a means of transport to work and safe transportation”, said Ms. Nguyen Thi An, a resident of the district. 1 share.

Mr. Do Ba Dan, Director of Tri Nam Group Joint Stock Company (investor) said that the cheap public bicycle model has been piloted at 43 locations with 388 bikes in District 1 since December 16. 2021.

“According to the records on the system, many people use the service for many trips. Feedback from people using the service is quite good.

Many customers have requested to soon replicate the model in many districts, not just in District 1 as it is now,” Dan said, adding that up to now, more than 110,000 customers have registered to use the service with more than 730,000km. Go.

At first, people often rented bicycles to walk around the city and admire the scenery, but recently, the number of people renting bicycles to work is also quite a lot because it is suitable for the central routes that need to be moved.

According to Mr. Dan, in order to attract people to use the service, businesses are constantly improving the App in the direction of becoming more user-friendly and convenient.

Customers only need to download the App, register personal information and deposit at least 10,000 VND to be able to use the service without having to make a deposit. Car rental price is only 5,000 VND/30 minutes and 10,000 VND/hour. The car uses tubeless tires, has GPS tracking, so you don’t have to worry about theft…

There will also be electric bicycles for people to choose from

Receiving information that Hanoi is also about to deploy public bicycles in 5 central districts, many people are very excited.

Ms. Vu Thi Thuy Hang (Ha Dong, Hanoi) shared: “I still have to take my personal car to work even though the office is 2km from the Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line. If Hanoi has a bicycle service like Ho Chi Minh City, I will give up my personal car to take the train and rent a bicycle on a monthly basis.”

As a passenger using the Cat Linh – Ha Dong train to go to work, Mr. Ngo Van Tuan (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) said that he and his wife bought a monthly ticket to take the train, but to Cat Linh station, they had to go more. 1 – 3km to go to work.

“Sometimes, there are unexpected things that have to call a taxi or motorbike taxi, which is quite expensive. I hope Hanoi will soon deploy a public bicycle model, if there are more electric bicycles and electric motorbikes for people to choose from, that would be great!”, Mr. Tuan expressed.

Information about the implementation roadmap in Hanoi, Mr. Do Ba Dan said, according to the policy approved by the Hanoi People’s Committee and the Department of Transport, the “Urban Bicycle” project in Hanoi will be implemented in two phases. paragraph.

The first phase in 2022 – 2023 will be deployed in Hoan Kiem, Hai Ba Trung, Tay Ho, Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Thanh Xuan districts with 85 stations and 1,000 vehicles (including 500 regular bicycles and 500 bicycles). electricity). The scale of phase 2 (from 2023) depends on actual conditions to have convenient connection points and expand to 3,000 vehicles.

“According to calculations, the initial investment cost for phase 1 is about 30 billion VND. The first stage is not profitable but the future will become popular. At that time, the revenue increases and offsets the current investment.

For convenience and to attract people, stations and parking lots will be arranged near crowded areas such as hospitals, schools, amusement parks, apartment buildings… We are also proposing the city support a number of locations to set up charging stations,” said Mr. Dan.

In terms of time, Tri Nam has basically completed the preparation work, can put this model into operation within 2-3 months after being allowed by Hanoi.

According to a representative of the Hanoi Department of Transport, the “Urban Bicycle” project aims to diversify types of environmentally friendly passenger transport, connecting between bus stations and urban railway stations. , urban areas, residential areas, commercial centers, inter-agency areas and travel services, promoting tourism development, visiting scenic spots in the city.

The proposal to open this type of vehicle is with the desire that people will be more convenient when participating in the form of public passenger transport in the city, gradually abandoning personal cars.

According to the Traffic Newspaper

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