Parramatta. EOI for cycle hire service

Council will prepare a report on the feasibility of establishing a cycle hire or lending service in the CBD and call for expressions of interest from the private sector. The 2006 census shows 0.4 per cent of people travel by bike to work in the CBD. Also, council officers are working with Pedapod, a pedal-powered taxi service, in the hope of undertaking a trial in the CBD and surrounds in 2009. Pedapod has expressed a desire to operate in the city.