Well Done!!!!!
to LTA and the public transport companies to finally allow foldable bicycles onto trains and buses in Singapore!!!!!
This means that we can have a slightly health and greener alternative to our transport needs. However the new ruling is for a trail period only and for foldable bikes up to a certain size.
There are also conditions etc......
Here is the LTA press release:
General guidelines:
MRT guidelines:
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/brochure_General_Guideline_on_MRT_Bus.pdfhttp://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/poster_General_Guideline_on_MRT.pdf
Bus guidelines:
Size when folded must be smaller than: 114 cm by 64 cm by 36 cm
This means that we can ride the little bikes to the nearest station (or take the bus), hope on and appear somewhere in the other reaches of Singapore Island and ride around there.
Examples could be
Kranji MRT station: where you can pedal to Lim Chu Kang to enjoy the peaceful farmlands of the NE part of Singapore
Kebangan MRT station: where you could get out onto the park connector to even go up to Changi village
Chinese Garden and or Lakeside MRTstation: where you can ride around in the lakes area
Bedok MRTstation: where you could pedal to and around Bedok reservoir or even down to East coast parkway.
Punggol MRT station: where you could pedal to Punggol Marina for a drink by the seaside.
Harbour Front MRT station: where you could pedal into Sentosa or towards the Southern ridges or West Coast park
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