| Objectives / Innovative Aspects |
Extension of the bike-bus service on the Urban Community of La Rochelle.
The bike-bus consists in combining two modes of transport, namely bus and bike and thus contributes to encourage intermodality.
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| The Measure |
A bike-bus is an articulated bus equipped with 2 separate compartments: one for passengers (in the bus front) and one for bikes (in the rear). It enables users to easily reach a secure area for cycling, in the city or in the countryside.
Market Study
Preliminary contacts were taken with bus manufacturers to consider possible technical options to carry bikes within buses
A call for tender procedure
was launch originally for the purchase of new vehicles equipped with specific facilities for bikes. But, as no tender was received, a new procedure for the transformation of buses was launched.
Experimentation on new routes
3 different itineraries were analysed according to user’s expectations.
However, the conclusions of the study recommended bolstering the existing summer bike-bus service between La Rochelle and Ile de Ré instead of creating a new route.
Notably, the route between La Rochelle and Châtelaillon was scrapped due to major difficulties (e.g excessive running times, the need to redesign bus stops etc).
Extension of the bike-bus service
Improved quality of service (through increased frequency) from summer 2008.
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| Implementation Status |
One new bike-bus has been running since mid-July 2007 and the second one from July 2008.
A specific livery was designed on the new bike-buses.
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| (Expected) Results |
• More passengers resorting to the bike-bus service (from 13,618 in 2007 to 18,016 in 2008 - i.e 32% increase of trips with or without a bike)
• Increased level of awareness for the bike-bus service
• Very good level of acceptance among the general public : 97% among the 300 people surveyed thought that the possibility of taking their bike on a bus was a worthwhile initiative.
• Degree of satisfaction: virtually all users (99%) that took a bike onto the bus expressed their satisfaction.
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| Contact |
Thierry Réveillère |
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Last update: 03-08-2009
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