April (fingers crossed!) will see the introduction of the Budapest Bicikli bike sharing service, affectionately known as "Bubi" to the streets of the city.
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| The Bubi's - boxfresh! |
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| One of the many docking stations that have sprung up around the city |
Over 1,000 bikes will be available from 76 docking stations across the city The Bubi's, pleasing to the eye have been produced by the famous Csepel (pronounced chepel) company. Through the use of the innovative "String bike" drive the cycles will be unique. Stringbike is claimed by manufacturers to be both more hardwearing than the traditional chain system and delivers much smoother gear change.
The European Union, commonly used as a scapegoat in Hungary has covered 85% of the startup costs for the scheme, almost 29m Euros. The minimal environmental impacts, intrinsic to the scheme will be complemented with many docking stations utilising solar powered lighting. While circulation of bikes (either from full to empty access points or for service/repair) will be acheived through the use of specially designed bike trailers.
Fingers crossed the Bubi will prove to be a great success!!
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