The local government making a dedicated separate track for bikers. At the time of addressing the media, Waseem Akhtar Karachi Mayor has stated that the government has already started building a record for the side of the motorbikes alongside Shahrah-e-Faisal. It is to be noted here that the appearance of the road will cover the area of Malir Halt to the Metropole Hotel.
Why is the Bike Track project important?
It has additionally stated that the track is being made to encourage bike riders to on the whole ride safely and as no one will be allowed in the road without a helmet. This is a pilot project, and there are so many more corridors in the city will also receive similar paths. Moreover, he often added that the government is making all efforts to improve the infrastructure of the town all along with the process of cleaning the roads.
What are the Efforts by Government of Punjab?
As to be aside from the local government making efforts to encourage bikers to wear a helmet, the authorities in place of Punjab and Islamabad are religiously pursuing riders who do not at all wear a helmet while riding the bike. On the order of Lahore High Court, the city traffic police over the city of Lahore is going after every biker who is not wearing a helmet. There will be the condition of the hefty fines are being on the whole issued to the violators. The authority has even banned bikers to not at all enter the famous Mall road until they equipped with a helmet.
It is to mention that the construction of the track has already started. Trans-Peshawar manager communication Noman Manzoor for the support of the company that is working on the project told SAMAA Digital as this is the first time this offered in Pakistan. The track will on the whole pass along the entire 28kms of the BRT corridor.
Essential features of the Bike Track project in Karachi:
Initially, there will be a timeline of the 360 step-through frame bicycles will be bought and so as offered for people to take on rent. The step-through frame bicycles will be mentioned as much more convenient for women. Hence the travelers will be able to use their ‘Zu Fare Card’ as which will be issued by the Trans-Peshawar Company to rent the bicycles. The card can also be used away as the medium to travel on BRT buses. Users will be able to charge all along with the method to check the status of the card through a mobile application and so as the website.
To consider away as to be sure about the safety of riders, the cycles will equip with the range access of the LED lights and reflectors. Users, on the whole, will be able to take a bicycle from one station and leave it at another. The authorities will also consider away as to use trucks to pick the cycles and hence, on the whole, redistribute them at stations where they are needed.
