First Look at New Melbourne Bike Hire Scheme
Source: Victoria. Minister for Roads & Ports. Media Release
"Melbourne is just a couple of months away from having its first public bike hire scheme, with an early roll-out of the newly named Melbourne Bike Share to be up and running at the end of May, Roads and Ports Minister Tim Pallas announced today. Mr Pallas was at the City Square with Education Minister and Member for Melbourne Bronwyn Pike on Ride-2-School Day, where one of the ten first bike stations will be introduced from Monday 31 May. He said the first Melbourne Bike Share stations would be rolled out at ten convenient city locations and house 100 new public bicycles.“The Brumby Labor Government is building a better transport system and we understand how important cycling is as a viable, sustainable and accessible travel option,” Mr Pallas said."