The NTA has ruled out extending the scheme to the suburbs. Picture: Larry CumminsDisappointment as bike scheme will not be extended in CorkTHE National Transport Authority has ruled out extending the public bike scheme to the suburbs in Cork, claiming that the manual refilling of bike stations outside the city would result in ‘very significant increases’ in the cost of the scheme. Its popularity prompted calls for the scheme to be extended beyond the 31 city centre bike stations, with areas like Wilton, Blackpool, Bishopstown, Douglas and Mahon suggested. “As bike stations move further out from a central area, the flow of bike users generally becomes more unbalanced at each station, requiring a lot of bike redistribution by truck. “Once again it is a collective shrug to the cycling potential of Cork city and the suburbs from the NTA,” said Mr Horgan.

Source: Evening echo March 19, 2018 12:33 UTC