Melbourne Bike Share

[Washu1973]

This would be so much better if a helmet hire machine was also available.

It could work of the same infrastructure as a locker hire system, just put a sensor in the locker to detect if there is a helmet in the locker. So that when a person hires a helmet it will open a locker with a helmet in it and when the return one it will direct them to an empty locker and ask them to replace the helmet in that locker.

[vvmoko]

Melbourne has 450 bicycles. we average 183 trips a day

Dublin also has 450 bicycles. it averages 3020 trips a day

Why? Simple. No (farcical) helmet laws (in ALL of Europe).

Loose the antiquated, kneejerk nanny law & watch Melbourne transform!

(src: The Age- 'Helmet law hurting shared bike scheme')

[Opspin]

@MelbourneBikeShare so when you pay by credit card, can you take care of the AU$160 fine you'll get for biking without a helmet? This is such a (bad) joke!

[ErnieRidesAgain]

What a poor public presentation of a new system... Really, really poor quality presentation.... Who is responsible for this puke-of-a-presentation!?

[t288msd]

Good luck, but unless the helmet is revoked to match that in 95% of other cities with similar schemes this is going to have very limited success.

[caseyrainer]

@MelbourneBikeShare

How about helmet?

[Noremac2020]

Yeah. Where's his helmet?

[reviewguy12]

cool