Public to have their say on stationless bikes

DUN Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is proposing to introduce bye-laws for the regulation of the operation of stationless bikes in the county and are seeking the public’s views on the matter.

These bye-laws are being introduced under Section 199 of the Local Government Act 2001.

Stationless bike-sharing schemes work by requesting that users download an application on their Smart phone.

This allows them to become members of the service, to locate the bikes and to unlock nearby bikes by scanning the QR code on each bike.

Once you arrive at your destination, you can park at any cycle parking stand near your destination and lock it manually.

This scheme removes the need to develop and construct expensive and often inconvenient docking stations associated with traditional bike share schemes.

A pilot stationless bike-sharing scheme commenced in the county at the end of 2017 in conjunction with Irish company Bleeperbike and since its introduction, the numbers of weekly cycling trips have been growing.

Following the presentation of the bye-laws to the council, cathaoirleach Cllr Ossian Smyth stated: “I welcome this public consultation process for the regulation of stationless bikes.

“Bike sharing is common in many cities across the world and will be a great addition to the transport mix in Dún Laoghaire that will, over time, add to the ever increasing number of cyclists using the roads.”