Last year, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved a proposal by the city’s Department of Transport that allows Tri Nam Joint Stock Company to provide public bike service for a 12-month trial. (Photo: vtv.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The construction of thefirst station under Hanoi’s public bike serv♔ice programme was started onJanuary 9.
By January 20, about 10 bikes will be available atthe station. People in the city will be offered a 10-day trial toexperience the service before its official operation. Last year, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved aproposal by the city’s Department of Transport that allows Tri Nam Joint StockCompany to provide public bike service for a 12-month trial. Under the proposal, the firm willprovide 1,000 bikes, 50% of them electric, at 94 locations in the city. The pilot project is set to cost over 30.3 billionVND (1.22 million USD). The company will charge 10,000 VND for a 30-minutetrip on electric bikes and 5,000 VND for the same duration on normal bicycles. Full-day rent for the electric bike will be 120,000VND and half of that for pedal bicycles. Six downtown districts will be prioritised for thepilot project, namely Ba Dinh, Dong Da, Tay Ho, Hoan Kiem. Thanh Xuan, andHai Ba Trung./.
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Last year, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved a proposal by the city’s Department of Transport that allows Tri Nam Joint Stock Company to provide public bike service for a 12-month trial. (Photo: vtv.vn) 
