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Every channel
you switch you hear about environmental concerns, every newspaper you
browse you read about health issues and every other magazine has tips to
save (and make more!) money but hey, hey, HEY are you really doing
anything about it.
Here is an easy way to grab them all. It’s more entertaining than watching
TV, it’s more rewarding than a visit to your gym yet it is much cheaper
than going for movies!
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<join abc.....
it's healthy, it's
eco-sensible and it's fun>
newspaper articles and
youtube videos
club
brochure
sms formats
rack and bicycles layout
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MISSION
“To promote bicycling
as a sustainable mode of transportation by establishing a cross-city
bicycling club and introducing a linear, integrated and flexible mode of
bicycling.”
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[Linearity implies that a person
traveling from location A to B need not worry about returning the bicycle
back from B to A. Integration with other modes of transportation,
implies that portions of journey (for eg. the first leg from home to
railway station and last leg from station to office) can be made on a
bicycle. Based on time, mood and convenience a person can park his/her
vehicle near any bicycle- rack and flexibly switch to bicycling.] |
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OBJECTIVES |
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to encourage
individuals and corporate to replace motorized travel as much as possible
with bicycling by promoting the benefits to health, ecology and nation |
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to help reduce
urban traffic congestion and carbon footprint |
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to introduce the
concept of cross-city membership where a member can walk to any bicycle-rack
in any town/city and check-out a bicycle for usage |
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to eliminate the
hassles of maintenance (members can enjoy pure bicycling, we shall see to it
the bicycles are shipshape) |
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to minimize
parking problems by designing custom high-density bicycle-racks.
(in fact, unlike
vehicles remaining unused at parking lots, our club cycles will be better
utilized by the next needy member!) |
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to use cell
phone/sms features for check-in/check-out, making payments and of course
joining new members to the club! |
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to design and
manufacture India’s first bicycle-rack for secure parking and making
payments |
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to promote R & D
for advanced technologies like electronic locking systems, ATM-like
features and GPRS based locating of bicycles |
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to monitor each
individual’s progress in terms of hours cycled and kilometers covered.
Keeping tabs would boost member’s enthusiasm towards bicycling |
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to interact with
railway stations, bus terminals etc. to help promoting bicycling culture and to permit setting-up of
bicycle-racks |
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to interact with
shopping complexes, banks etc to provide space for bicycle-racks |
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and
last-but-not-the-least, to attract investors, sponsors and contributors to
improve the infrastructure of the club.
Ad-space on bicycle would not only have a wider
reach, but also improve the Corporate Social Responsibility of the
sponsor. |
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PATENT |
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bicycle sharing and parking using bicycle racks" patent pending vide application number
196/CHE/2011. |
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES |
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"a
social network of bicycles" - indian express
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 24 march, 2011 |
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kaumudhi big news
article - 29 march, 2011 |
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matrhrubhumi
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 2 april, 2011 |
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malayala manorama
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 21 april, 2011 |
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"cycle
your way to a green cause"-
the hindu
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 24 april, 2011 |
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deshabhimani
article - 25 april, 2011 |
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"capital’s
first cycle club going places"-indian express
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 10 may, 2011 |
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malayala manorama
ernakulam edition article - 21 may, 2011 |
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"beating the
traffic jams with a cycle"- the hindu
ernakulam edition article - 22 may, 2011 |
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matrhrubhumi
ernakulam edition article - 23 may, 2011 |
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"learn the abc
of cycling"- indian express
ernakulam edition article - 26 may, 2011 |
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varthamanam article kozhikode edition article - 26 may, 2011 |
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"pedaling his way to
success"- deccan chronicle ernakulam edition article - 11 july, 2011 |
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"TMC
wants to introduce cycles in kerala capital"- times of india
thiruvananthapuram edition article - 02 november, 2011 |
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"cycle
club members' tribe growing"- indian express
thiruvanathapuram edition article - 05 november, 2011 |
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"cycle
club to promote cycling in kochi"- times of india ernakulam edition article -
09 november, 2011 |
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YOUTUBE VIDEOS |
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"bicycle transport
in kerala" - asianet news |
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"country's first
bicycle network" - cvb news (uni) |
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"asianet moneytime
feature" - asianet news |
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SMS FORMATS |
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task |
sms format (to 964 55 111 55) |
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to know about the club |
abc |
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registration form to join the club |
form |
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terms and conditions of usage |
tc |
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steps of usage |
steps |
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rack locations and codes in
trivandrum |
tvm |
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rack locations and codes in ernakulam |
ekm |
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taking/returning a bicycle |
Rack code<space>bicycle-ID |
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making payments(Rs.10/- after 5hrs of usage) to
dropbox |
Last four digits of
note<space>denomination |
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