At the Opening Event of Hue Digital Transformation Week held on April 27, 2021, Hue City People's Committee, Vietsoftpro Joint Stock Company and the German Development Cooperation Organization (GIZ) signed the minutes of the Project to pilot the construction of a public bicycle sharing system in Hue.
After more than a year, within the framework of the Project, Hue city decided to officially open the first stations of the public bicycle sharing system on April 29, 2022 at 7 locations, including: Nam Xuong strait, Nam Thang strait, Nguyen Van Troi Park, Toa Kham boat station, Nghenh Luong Dinh Park, parking lot next to Ho Chi Minh Museum and No. 11 Le Loi (walking street, next to Festival restaurant).
Hue Smart Bike. (Photo: © GIZ/Ngoc Anh)
Public bike sharing is a bicycle sharing rental service that allows users to move from any bike station in the system to locations around the city, and then return the bike at any other station (including the base station).
This new form of transport will contribute to supporting effective connection with traditional public transport, aiming to create a more complete public transport network, supporting people to travel short distances in the city center; thereby encouraging and facilitating people to use bicycles as an interesting, convenient, dynamic, healthy, environmentally friendly transport option and reducing traffic congestion in urban areas.
Hue residents cycle in a park on the banks of the Perfume River, (Photo: © GIZ/Ngoc Anh)
In Hue, the project to pilot a public bicycle sharing system aims to expand and spread cycling in the ancient capital city as a modern, civilized movement for the environment, contributing to improving people's health, while promoting the value of Hue's cultural heritage.
