Tourists visiting Mysuru are expected to be offered a short-term Trin Trin membership of one day to three days to enable them to borrow bicycles for commuting in the city during their stay.
The Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) initiative — Trin Trin — presently offers a membership, which is valid for a minimum of one month against a user fee of ₹50, besides a refundable security deposit of ₹250 and a processing fee of ₹50.
As the present system was not “tourist-friendly”, officials of the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) are expected to finalise a short-term membership scheme for the tourists in consultation with representatives of the Green Wheel Ride, which is operating the Public Bicycle Sharing system.
Even though membership will be for one day to three days, the tourists will not be allowed to keep the bicycles overnight. It will still be a sharing system with the tourists borrowing the bicycle from a docking station and returning it at another station.
A meeting presided by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, who is also the chairman of the Trin Trin Monitoring Committee, discussed various proposals on Saturday. But, a final decision is yet to be taken.
A decision is expected to be taken before this weekend so that an announcement can be made in the first week of September.
“We need to make an announcement at the earliest so that the word is spread in time for Dasara,” said sources attending the meeting. Dasara festivities in Mysuru are scheduled to be held from September 21 to 30.
Officials of DULT and MCC will also have to take a decision on the documents to be submitted by the tourists to become eligible for a Trin Trin membership.
Presently, membership is offered only on receipt of address proof document.
“The officials will also have to clarify on KYC (Know Your Customer) documents and decide how do we do KYC in an efficient manner,” a source added.
Meanwhile, the total registrations for Trin Trin, which was launched in the first week of June, has crossed 5,400 while more than 800 bicycles are borrowed daily.
