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'''Tiruchirappalli Bicycle Share''' is a new proposed [[bicycle sharing system]] for the city of [[Tiruchirappalli]].

== Background ==
In November 2013, the two-day conference on "Sustainable Cities Through Transport" at [[Coimbatore]], with respective city engineers from [[Madurai]], [[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchi]], [[Tirupur]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] and Coimbatore, stressed for improving non–motorised transport in city corporations and town municipalities<ref name=cities>{{cite news|title=Cities other than Chennai to be developed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cities-other-than-chennai-to-be-developed/article5404359.ece|accessdate=16 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 November 2013|location=[[Coimbatore]]}}</ref><ref name=icamp>{{cite journal|title=India-California Air Pollution Mitigation Program (ICAMP)|date=December 2013|volume=1|issue=1|page=7|url=http://www-ramanathan.ucsd.edu/about/icamp/ICAMP%20Newsletter-13-dec.pdf|accessdate=16 February 2014|publisher=[[The Energy and Resources Institute]]|location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref> and also chalked out plans for creation of transit systems, pedestrian pathways, cycling tracks, parks, pedestrian zones, etc.<ref name=plan>{{cite news|last=Karthik|first=Madhavan|title=Planning engineers come together to improve mobility in Coimbatore|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/planning-engineers-come-together-to-improve-mobility-in-coimbatore/article5407675.ece|accessdate=12 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=30 November 2013|location=[[Coimbatore]]}}</ref> While presenting the same at a workshop in Chennai by concerned Corporation officials, chaired by [[K. P. Munusamy]], State Minister of [[Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu|Municipal Administration and Rural Development]], Law, Courts and Prisons and officials of the ministry,<ref name=state>{{cite news|title=Major TN cities to focus on cost-effective modes of transport|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/major-tn-cities-to-focus-on-costeffective-modes-of-transport/article5610229.ece|accessdate=12 February 2014|newspaper=[[Business Line]]|date=23 January 2014|agency=[[The Hindu]]|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref><ref name=kpm>{{cite news|title=TN Cities Chalk Out Plans For Non-Motorised Transport, BRTS|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/TN-Cities-Chalk-Out-Plans-For-Non-Motorised-Transport-BRTS/2014/01/24/article2016914.ece#.Uvoh9YXQqT4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140124064543/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/TN-Cities-Chalk-Out-Plans-For-Non-Motorised-Transport-BRTS/2014/01/24/article2016914.ece#.Uvoh9YXQqT4|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 January 2014|accessdate=12 February 2014|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=24 January 2014|location=[[Chennai]]}}</ref> the Corporation Commissioner of Tiruchi City, V. P. Thandapani declared that about 2000 bicycles will be put to use for public use and on the infrastructure front, he stated that at an outlay of {{INRConvert|150|c}},  {{convert|28|km}} of cycling tracks, {{convert|52|km}} of pedestrian pathways and {{convert|11|km}} of green lines will be constructed, of which, {{convert|10.7|km}} of cycle tracks will be completed by next year.<ref name=green>{{cite news|title=திருச்சி: ஓராண்டுக்குள் 2 ஆயிரம் பொது பயன்பாட்டு சைக்கிள்கள்|url=http://www.dinamani.com/tamilnadu/2014/01/24/திருச்சி-ஓராண்டுக்குள்-2-ஆயி/article2016852.ece|accessdate=16 February 2014|newspaper=[[Dinamani]]|date=24 January 2014|location=[[Chennai]]|language=Tamil|trans-title=Tiruchi:2000 bicycles will be put to public use within a year}}</ref>

The plan was developed in association with [[Institute for Transportation and Development Policy]] (ITDP) and [[International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives]] (ICLEI) is being funded by [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Ministry of Urban Development]] would create exclusive bicycle lanes with 66 "cycle sharing stations", besides improving the city's road infrastructure and future transport modes, which presently has narrow roads and indiscriminate encroachments coupled with booming vehicle population.<ref name=corp>{{cite news|last=S. Ganesan|title=Corporation draws up long-term plan for BRTS|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/corporation-draws-up-longterm-plan-for-brts/article5630304.ece|accessdate=12 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 January 2014|location=[[Tiruchi]]}}</ref>

As of December 2019, the Trichy City Corporation has dropped its bicycle sharing project.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Karthik|first=Deepak|date=December 25, 2019|title=It's official: Corporation has shelved cycle sharing project |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/its-official-corporation-has-shelved-cycle-sharing-project/articleshow/72961176.cms|access-date=2020-06-19|website=The Times of India|agency=TNN|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of bicycle sharing systems]]
* [[Utility cycling]]
* [[Human-powered transport]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite web|title=Bicycle Sharing System of India|url=http://www.cseindia.org/userfiles/Raj%20Janagam.pdf|work=[[Centre for Science and Environment]]|accessdate=12 February 2014|author=Raj Janagam|date=22 March 2012}}
* {{cite web|title=Toolkit for public cycle sharing systems|url=http://urbanindia.nic.in/programme/ut/PublicCycleSharingToolkit.pdf|work=[[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs|Ministry of Urban Development]]|accessdate=12 February 2014|date=June 2012}}
*   {{cite journal|title=Promotion of non-motorized modes as a sustainable transportation option: policy and planning issues|journal=[[Current Science]]|date=10 May 2011|volume=100|issue=9|url=http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/100/09/1340.pdf|accessdate=15 February 2014|author=Rajat Rastogi|issn=0011-3891}}

==External links==
* [http://www.trichycorporation.gov.in/ Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation - Official Website]
{{Bicycle sharing systems}}
{{Transport in Tiruchirappalli}}

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[[Category:Community bicycle programs]]
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[[Category:Cycling in India]]
[[Category:Proposed infrastructure in Tamil Nadu]]
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