Mysuru: Marking the birthday of BJP leader H.V. Rajeev, Prajnavantha Nagarika Vedike and Vipra Helpline had organised a function in city on Sunday to distribute free passes to 50 poor children and senior citizens for the ‘Trin-Trin’ Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system. The passes were distributed by Rajeev who went around riding a bicycle along…
Short-term ‘Trin Trin’ passes for tourists on cards
August 28, 2017Mysuru: Officials of the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are said to be contemplating on introducing short-term membership for ‘Trin Trin’ for tourists in consultation with representatives of Green Wheel Ride, the agency operating the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System in city. A meeting in this regard was presided…
Demand for Trin Trin in Srirangapatna grows
August 8, 2017Mandya: The popularity of Asia’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system — Trin Trin — is catching on fast and the heritage city, Mysuru, is surely leading from the front. The response to this novel method of riding round the city on pollution-free mode of transport with docking stations to boot is slowly spreading to…
More bicycles to augment ‘Trin Trin’ during Dasara
August 6, 2017Mysuru: District Administration intends to increase the number of bicycles under the ‘Trin Trin’ scheme, India’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system to attract tourists during Dasara. This was disclosed by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep who held a meeting yesterday in his office here to review the performance of the project which was launched two…
Trin Trin docking stations to be increased
July 20, 2017Mysuru: Trin Trin, the first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system in Asia is getting very encouraging response by the day and hence more docking stations should be established, said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep. He was addressing a meeting at the Court Hall of the DC office here on Tuesday and said that a decision will be…
Extend Trin Trin facility to other areas in city
July 9, 2017Sir, This refers to the news item titled “First Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) facility in Asia: Overwhelming response to Trin Trin” (SOM dated July 5). At present, the hubs are located very close to one another and concentrated in the Central Business District (CBD) area and nearby except for the Chamundi Hill area. A vast…
First Public Bicycle Sharing facility in Asia…
July 5, 2017Mysuru: The first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system in entire Asia —Trin Trin — has evoked an overwhelming response in the past one month of its launch. In all, 2,250 people have registered, since Chief Minister Siddharamaiah inaugurated the facility in city on June 4. Green Wheel Riders Manager Sagar, speaking to Star of Mysore,…
Children of Pourakarmikas get free membership for ‘Trin Trin’
June 30, 2017Mysuru: Marking the first anniversary of Deepa Sahaya Seva Samsthe, a programme was organised at the ‘Trin Trin’ cycle docking station in front of Regional Transport Office (RTO) here recently to distribute free membership cards to the Trin Trin bicycle sharing system to 50 children of poor families and Pourakarmikas. Speaking on the occasion Excise…
Trin Trin: Cover bicycles too under traffic regulations
June 13, 2017Sir, It is often observed that bicycle riders do not follow the signals and even the Traffic Police do not object them from jumping the signals. Bicycles pose equal hazard to vehicular movements (perhaps more since they are slow and movements are unpredictable) at traffic junctions. With “Trin Trin” system getting popular, we can see…
Good response for ‘Trin-Trin’ in city
June 6, 2017Mysuru: A couple of days after Chief Minister Siddharamaiah launched ‘Trin-Trin’, the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) sharing system, a total of 110 people have registered to use the facility. Speaking to Star of Mysore, S.M. Sagar, IT Manager of a private firm implementing the PBS in Mysuru, said that the response had been encouraging with…
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