The Cycle Continues - Ongoing thoughts on TFI Bikes in Cork
I’ve cheered it on, I’ve written it off. I‘ve used it, I‘ve ignored it. I wanted to use it but couldn‘t and I had no use for it but used it anyway. To say that I have some history with TFI Bikes, the public bike rental system here in Cork, would be somewhat of an understatement! However, as the system approaches its tenth year of operation here in Cork, it‘s time to look at how it has developed and what its current state is like, as written by a heavy user of the system, in every sense of the word. When the system first launched under the Coca Cola Zero Bikes brand on December 18th, 2014 , it was far smaller that it is now, or even than it was supposed to be at the time. Only 16 of the planned 31 stations were operational, with the rest coming online later in 2015. I‘d signed up immediately when the website went live and started using the system immediately once it went live, even though it took a while for my local station at Camden Quay to come online, only doing so on January 21st, ...