On Monday, Palma's mayor, José Hila, and the councillor for sustainable mobility, Francesc Dalmau, presented the new electric bicycle model for the Bicipalma network. Hila said that "we are building a new, sustainable and healthy Palma" and highlighted a commitment to Bicipalma going beyond the Vía Cintura.
Dalmau explained that the first of the electric bicycles will be arriving over the coming weeks, these new ones having a range of between 60 and 80 kilometres. They have an intelligent battery system to optimise use and which offers support at the time of starting.
Registration for the new Bicipalma can be via an app, which will be available on various systems in different languages. The app will provide users with real-time information on bikes and nearby stations.
The new service will have 800 bicycles, of which 240 will be electric. The number of anchor points will increase from 660 to 1,440; anchoring systems are anti-theft. Bikes will also have a geolocation system, and there will be solar panels for recharging batteries.
The contract for the new Bicipalma system is worth 2.6 million euros, for which there is financing from EU Next Generation funds. This will enable the addition of 35 new stations, with the network due to reach parts of the city for the first time, such as Portopí and El Terreno.
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Adam you obviously don't understand how the system works. You have to be registered with the town hall to use them and log in and out with your citizen card when you hire one. ie the council knows who has used a bike, where they picked it up from and where they dropped it off. You can't just leave them anywhere or 'throw them in the sea'.
These bicycles are Great when they are used properly and left in the designated locations there is the negative which is the bike's are left all over the place thrown into the sea not maintained , will see but from my experience this is a kinda dream startup . GOOD LUCK !