Green light for Cork bike-sharing initiative

The Cork Business Association has welcomed the new bike-sharing scheme after the city council voted to proceed with the initiative.

Cork was the last of three cities to approve the scheme after Limerick and Galway, and CBA chief executive Donal Healy said it was a positive development.

“We welcome the bike scheme, in general,” he said. “The experience of our colleagues in Dublin is that it is very successful. Quite a lot of students and executives are using the bikes during lunch breaks and as an alternative to public transport, and it is working very efficiently.