The HBC’s Gachibowli Bike Station (Opp., Bio Diversity Complex) has been built by GHMC, while Hyderabad Metro Rail contributed 300 bicycles to be positioned in this Bike Station. Gachibowli Bike Station is fully enclosed and has rest rooms for ladies and gents and provision for snacks & beverages counter. It has well landscaped parks on either side and newly laid cemented approach roads.
Bicyclone 2013 will be a colorful bicycle rally with over 1000 cyclists participating, on Sunday. HBC would have fully supported rides of 10 kms, 25 kms and 60 kms, wherein there would be snack and water stations at regular intervals, road marshals, enroute signage, ambulance etc.
This initiative would provide tremendous impetus to the ‘CYCLE TO WORK’ initiative HBC has aggressively taken up along with APIIC, GHMC, Hyderabad Metro Rail, Police, CII GBC & Corporates and major organizations in Cyberabad, says Mr. Manohar. Though the landscape of Cyberabad has been rapidly transforming into an international city, the pollution levels primarily due to vehicular pollution has been a major cause for concern. Therefore there is an imperative need to promote “cycle to work” which would substantially reduce the pollution levels while contributing to better physical well being of the commuters, opines Mr. Manohar.
To make “Cycle to Work” safe and comfortable, HBC along with GHMC, APIIC and HMR are in the process of creating all the required infrastructure such as exclusive cycling tracks criss crossing Cyberabad and covering the important areas, Bike Stations at MMTS and other requisite places where geared bicycles would be available for the usage of the commuters etc. Office bound commuters getting down at the Hi-tech city MMTS can borrow a bicycle from the Bike Station at the MMTS and cycle down to their work place and return the bike while commuting back to catch the train. The Bike Stations would be managed by the Hyderabad Bicycling Club who are pioneers in the same, adds Mr. Manohar.
Brief on Hyderabad Bicycling Club (HBC): HBC emerged as the World’s largest Cycling Club on ‘Meetup’ overtaking the Denver Cycling Club, USA to achieve the same. We have grown four times in the last two years to reach the present membership strength of over 4000 members. HBC first Bike Station at Necklace Road is a big hit and the initiatives of Necklace Road being an exclusive cycling zone between 5 to 7 am and rides inside Sanjeevaiah Park in the evening resulted in more and more people taking to cycling. HBC introduced several innovations and numerous rides to promote cycling in a big way. HBC’s product Aditya Mehta won two silver medals for India in the Asian Para Cycling Championships recently. HBC successfully participated in the grueling London to Paris Cycle Challenge twice in the years 2011 & 2013.
