I am planning to go someplace. I mean, locally. Just local train, bus etc.
I am tempted to borrow my parents vehicle. However what is the reasoning behind the temptation?
Well the reasoning is obvious. I can’t be bothered to transport myself from bus stations to the final destination. I mean, the travel process itself isnt too bad, aside from the less comfortable seats….
However what if there were free bikes on every major bus and train station?
Anyone could take said bike, bike with it to his or her destination and leave it there.
Say for the sake of argument that the only way for you to take a bike is to use a unique key to detach the bike from a special stall at previously mentioned major bus and train stations.
You can only use the key to remove one bike, and you can only take a new bike when you have returned your previous bike.
There would also be a bike pickup service, that would pick up bikes left unmoving for certain periods of time.
Also, anyone could take your bike if you left it on the street for more then 8 hours.
Once that bike is taken by someone else, your key is automatically freed and you can take a new bike.
A system similar to this exists in germany, but it is obviously not free and requires phone calls etc.
My idea would require bikes to be connected wirelessly to the central network, possibly via GSM.
Man, if only it were so.
