Well we have seen those smart poles throughout the CBD with the bike rings on them – and slowly they are filling up with bikes. The problem being is that the smartpoles are not anywhere outside the CBD – well the council have come up with a unique solution. They are going to replace the existing street poles and put rings on them. Also for the rollout BikeSydney, Bikeast and MASSbug will be recommending where they are placed. Check out the photos below.
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Pingback by Spinopsys » Blog Archive » Friday roundup — April 19, 2007 @ 7:07 pm
I guess time well tell whether they’re smart enough to place them out of the way of opening car doors, reversing trucks etc.
Comment by dk.au — April 19, 2007 @ 9:14 pm
DK, basically they replace the existing poll, so where ever there is a standard poll it will be replaced by this. BikeSydney and Bikeast will be locating the initial roll out locations.
Comment by Andrewd — April 20, 2007 @ 3:53 pm