Comments on: Flashback Friday: Bikes and buses – starting to think about multimodalism

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 22:46:58 +0000

In reply to Robert.

That’s great news!
For me it’s mostly when I need to travel to/from Lyttelton that I put my bike on the bus. It can be an issue if I’m travelling with other people as two racks aren’t quite enough!

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:45:45 +0000

In reply to Criggie.

https://youtu.be/Q5qmgRxSVWY

At 1.03.00 the presentation from Stewart Gibbon General Manager Public Transport ECan reveals that all of the electric buses coming on stream will be fitted with 3 bike racks.

By: Criggie

Criggie — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 01:22:27 +0000

“The bus rack was full” doesn’t matter if you can carry the folded bike on the bus with you.

Of course it helps a lot if the bike is designed to fold up !

By: chris abbott

chris abbott — Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:39:11 +0000

Being able to put my heavy ebike on the bus extends my range beyond the standard 40-50km range I can easily reach.
If I personally run out of puff and/or go into my all-to-common state of atrial fibrillation or the weather turns really foul, it is great to know that I have the bike-on-bus as an alternative method back to Sumner. Given increased frequency of the #3 bus this year, I cannot recall waiting more than 10 minutes, but suspect I have been lucky.
NB My bike is at the weight limit of 24Kg, and the wide tyres make some bus drivers nervous about accepting the bike. But so far, all drivers have accepted it at my risk of course – and me!