CityCycle to go,but outdoor advertising designed to fund bike scheme to stay

CityCycle to go,but outdoor advertising designed to fund bike scheme to stay

Ten years on from the first contract for the share bike scheme,Labor says it has not lived up to its promise.

  • byLucy Stone

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Brisbane to scrap CityCycle scheme as rider numbers collapse
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Brisbane to scrap CityCycle scheme as rider numbers collapse

JCDecaux will continue to take revenue from the advertising schemes while not having to fund the CityCycle program.

  • byLucy Stone
Coronavirus keeps people off Brisbane's council bicycles

Coronavirus keeps people off Brisbane's council bicycles

Brisbane City Council's bike-share scheme,already struggling in competition with e-scooters,has seen a further decline in patronage.

  • byLucy Stone
Lime's new year's resolution:Get scooters on Brisbane cycle paths,roads

Lime's new year's resolution:Get scooters on Brisbane cycle paths,roads

It comes as Lime's Generation 3 e-scooters are set to make their Australian debut for Brisbane riders in two weeks.

  • byToby Crockford
Council considers cost of bringing electric bikes to Brisbane

Council considers cost of bringing electric bikes to Brisbane

The council is waiting for the bikeshare operators JC Decaux to investigate the potential to bring electronic bikes into Brisbane.

  • byLucy Stone
Electric scooters force CityCycles off the road

Electric scooters force CityCycles off the road

Brisbane City Council's public cycling scheme is reporting lower patronage figures and far fewer memberships being sold since e-scooters arrived this year.

  • byLucy Stone
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Nearly half of Brisbane e-scooter rides were illegal,study shows

Nearly half of Brisbane e-scooter rides were illegal,study shows

QUT researchers have observed nearly half of all e-scooter riders in Brisbane breaking the law,with most doing so by not wearing a helmet.

  • byStuart Layt
CityCycle trips double to reach one million rides in a year

CityCycle trips double to reach one million rides in a year

Brisbane residents have particularly taken up the council-run cycling scheme in the past year,clocking up one million trips in 12 months.

  • byLucy Stone
CityCycle initiative has turned around,with a 35 per cent increase in patronage

CityCycle initiative has turned around,with a 35 per cent increase in patronage

CityCycle has been around for almost eight years. After a slow start,thousands of people now use the bikes every day. What does the future hold for the bike-hire scheme?

  • byRuth McCosker
Change.org denies bots inflated petition for cyclists to ride single-file

Change.org denies bots inflated petition for cyclists to ride single-file

Bicycle Queensland says it received evidence to suggest most of the names on the petition,which garnered 100,000 signatures,were false.

  • byAmy Mitchell-Whittington