City bike Salzburg

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The City Bike Salzburg is a befindliches still in its infancy rental system for bicycles in Salzburg that the advertising company Gewista is operated. The aim of this system, based on the idea of ​​the free bike, is to make it easier for people to switch to bicycles for shorter and medium-sized inner-city trips and to supplement the range of public transport .

development

After Vienna (see Citybike Vienna ), the Citybike system was also introduced in Salzburg. The project was planned by "Objektwerbung Salzburg" and the City of Salzburg with funding from the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology since 1999. Gewista finally implemented the project in 2005 and opened the first and so far only location at Christmas of that year Ferdinand-Hanusch-Platz (at the end of Griesgasse ), a central hub in the city's transport network .

functionality

For a one-off registration fee of 1 euro, a bike can be rented around the clock at self-service terminals with touchscreens . The return can be made at any other location, if available in the future. The location of the locations, the number of bikes currently available there and free “bike boxes” can be queried from any rental terminal, but also via the Internet.

Use of the bike is free for the first hour. The second hour currently costs 1 euro, the third 2 euros, and the 4th to 120th hour costs 4 euros each. To avoid theft and acts of vandalism, identification is required, which can be done using an Austrian Maestro card ("ATM card") or the Citybike-Card. Any rental fees incurred will be debited from the bank account.

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