The municipality of Gilching has basically agreed to participate in the rental bike system planned by the district. Locations for the stations still have to be found at train stations and in commercial areas.
Gilching - The municipality of Gilching is getting a rental bike system again. The municipal council has basically approved the district's proposal to introduce the “MVGRad” system.
The company "ASTO Group" on Friedrichshafener Strasse in Gilching was a pioneer in the western district in terms of a compatible rental bike system with charging stations. The municipality of Gilching and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen also rowed in the boat. "It was a really good thing, which was organized and looked after by the company, Nextbike", said "ASTO" managing director Bernd Schulte-Middelich on request. “Our employees made good use of the offer. This enabled them to switch from the S-Bahn to the bicycle and cycle the remaining kilometers. Unfortunately, the service waned at some point, and the project was finally discontinued. ”However, the idea was not abandoned.
Rental bike system: Gilching, Gauting, Krailling and Tutzing included
In the meantime, the district of Starnberg, in cooperation with the state capital of Munich, has taken up the issue and launched a compatible rental bike system again. As reported, the district council approved the project a good year ago, and the municipalities of Gauting, Krailling and Tutzing signaled their entry. In the most recent meeting, the municipal council in Gilching has now decided to participate. "With the establishment of the district stations, the cooperation partners do not pursue any economic objectives," said Gilching's construction manager Max Huber at the council meeting. "Rather, the urban mobility concept is to become more attractive as a result of the expansion of the MVGRad system to the district as a whole, and incentives to switch commuters from motorized private transport to public transport or to bicycles are to be created." The administration has now been commissioned to find suitable locations in the To find and check the area of the train stations and in the business parks.
Gilching costs between 30,000 and 50,000 euros
"We will be there again immediately," says Schulte-Middelich, who is happy about the new start. "In this regard, we have long been concerned with the rental bike system and have regularly coordinated with Jan Haas from the local government." In addition, he explained, "we kept the original area free for the rental bikes and charging stations so that we could start immediately" .
Huber estimates the cost of Gilching to be between 30,000 and 50,000 euros. According to the district's plan, the municipality is responsible for the plot and foundation of a station. A station consists of a stele and a bicycle stand, the district wants to pay heavily for the construction. Max Huber: "We very much hope that other traders will join and that we can tackle the project together in terms of reducing CO2 emissions and solving existing traffic problems."
Uli Singer
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