Dublinbikes website is now live

tomc · 10-08-2009 12:36PM #1

Apologies if this has been said before but dublinbikes.ie site is now live.

TomC

10-08-2009 01:01PM

Just a note for whoever is involved in the website - please put a redirect from http://dublinbikes.ie/ to http://www.dublinbikes.ie/!

blorg · 10-08-2009 01:51PM

Dónal wrote: »

Just a note for whoever is involved in the website - please put a redirect from http://dublinbikes.ie/ to http://www.dublinbikes.ie/!

Noticed that one myself.

DeepBlue · 10-08-2009 02:06PM

The website seems a bit clunky and less user-friendly that it could be.

Maps of stations would be useful in addition to simply lists of stations.
They could make the pricing structure more legible.

I can see people getting confused with that 3-day ticket option thinking they can hire the bike out for three days.

BattlingCheese · 10-08-2009 02:15PM

5 secs to remove a bike !!
Need to be a bit nippy to get to the ones at the end of the stand .

loyatemu · 10-08-2009 02:37PM

DeepBlue wrote: »

Maps of stations would be useful in addition to simply lists of stations.

eh? there is a map:
http://www.dublinbikes.ie/all_stations/station_map

it even tells you how many bikes and how many free slots are currently available...

-Chris- · 10-08-2009 02:39PM

Am I reading that right - I pay a tenner a year, and then as long as no journey takes longer than 30 mins (highly unlikely, based on the way I'd intend to use it), there are no further charges?

That's deadly!

Luas into town, jump on a bike, 5-10 min cycle to the station nearest to my mate's apartment - eliminate a 25 min walk!
Sounds good to me.

kenmc · 10-08-2009 03:27PM

http://www.dublinbikes.ie/how_does_it_work/bikes/bikes wrote:

Safety
* ...
* Anti Theft Lock

This bit intriques me. How does this help with safety unless it somehow prevents you from being bikejacked?

petethedrummer · 10-08-2009 03:28PM

Great we have a website. What about some bikes?

Caroline_ie · 10-08-2009 03:58PM

Having used the Paris scheme, I think it;s a great scheme, but there are w few downsides.

- Sometimes noone of the bikes are available to use, because the ones left at the station are flat, or broke.

- Returning the bikes within 30 minutes can a pain when there is no room at the station ! That happens around the shops for example. So you have to cycle around to find another staion that has free docks to return your bike... or wait for someone to pick one up.

- the computers seems to be rebooting at times when i want to remove a bike making none of the bikes at the station available for a few minutes.

- the bikes can 'look' ok to use, but as soon as you start cycling them, you notices the gears need tuning ... Grrrr

Other than that, it is very handy/cheap and overal quite reliable

blorg · 10-08-2009 04:17PM

petethedrummer wrote: »

Great we have a website. What about some bikes?

Station no. 503

JCDecaux Ireland Technical Centre, Unit 2, Naas Road Industrial Park, Old Naas Road, Bluebell, Dublin 12

Available bikes: 1
Free bases: 0

leftism · 10-08-2009 04:46PM

no bike station at Heuston... Bummer!

That woulda been a real help for commuters coming out from my direction.

Great idea though. It works really well in Seville, but they have slightly less rainfall per anum than Dublin has...

monument · 10-08-2009 04:53PM

petethedrummer wrote: »

Great we have a website. What about some bikes?

From September 13, 2009. From the Irish Times:

Most of problems surrounding the relocation of utilities have now been ironed out, but the council has decided to delay the introduction of the bicycles until a Sunday in mid-September, most likely September 13th, to allow it to have a launch event which would not clash with the GAA season in Croke Park.

“We plan to have staff from the council and JC Decaux all heading off together from the Civic Offices on the 450 bikes and dispersing to the designated locations. We’ll be closing some streets for it, so we’ve deliberately doing it early on a Sunday,” the spokesman said.

“The only thing on on the 13th is the camogie final, but that’s not until the afternoon and we’re planning our event for the morning,” he said.

blorg · 10-08-2009 04:55PM

The issue with Heuston is that it is too far away from any other station. This would cause a problem with bikes being depleted in the morning but the bigger problem would be people arriving at the station in the evening and finding all the rack spaces taken up- and with no alternative station within easy distance to drop the bike off at.

monument · 10-08-2009 04:58PM

leftism wrote: »

Great idea though. It works really well in Seville, but they have slightly less rainfall per anum than Dublin has...

Copenhagen and Amsterdam, where up to 50% of commuters cycle in central areas, have rainfall close to Dublin's.

petethedrummer · 10-08-2009 04:58PM

blorg wrote: »

Available bikes: 1

Please note I said Bikes.

fenris · 10-08-2009 07:47PM

monument wrote: »

Copenhagen and Amsterdam, where up to 50% of commuters cycle in central areas, have rainfall close to Dublin's.

So that's why it's so wet in Dublin, we are getting their rain!

kenmc · 10-08-2009 11:17PM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

- Returning the bikes within 30 minutes can a pain when there is no room at the station ! That happens around the shops for example. So you have to cycle around to find another staion that has free docks to return your bike... or wait for someone to pick one up.

The website says that the machine will tell you which stands nearby have free spaces, and you get 15 mins extra on your free half hour to get there.

11-08-2009 01:36AM

answered my own question :]

11-08-2009 07:05AM

Dónal wrote: »

Just a note for whoever is involved in the website - please put a redirect from http://dublinbikes.ie/ to http://www.dublinbikes.ie/!

Dear Mr. X,

Thank you for your feedback regarding our website www.dublinbikes.ie . We have notified the technical office of this error and are having it fixed immediately.

Regards,

The dublinbikes team

Got a reply a second ago from their website.

Caroline_ie · 11-08-2009 08:06AM

so what dio we call them ... the DuB's ?

[Conversation using a culchie accent of your choice]
- 'How far is the custom house from here?'
- 'About 2 miles or so'
- 'Ah sure we'll take a Dubs there then'
[/Conversation using a culchie accent of your choice]

Jawgap · 11-08-2009 09:10AM

Looking forward to using this and I'll be signing up for my card tomorrow.

But full marks to the communications people for creativity :-

"Cosmopolitan cities such as Paris, Lyon, Vienna, and Montreal.........Dublin now joins this elite list"

Who'd have thought that the only difference between Dublin and those cities was the absence of a bike scheme!! I'm all for a bit of civic pride, but let's not lose the run of ourselves!

monument · 12-08-2009 12:52AM

Credit card are not accepted at most stations...

http://www.dublinbikes.ie/stations/view_stations/dublinbikes_station_list

Chips Lovell · 12-08-2009 06:52AM

Caroline_ie wrote: »

so what dio we call them ... the DuB's ?

"I'm going up to Dublin to ride a few Dubs".

Jawgap · 12-08-2009 07:22AM

el tonto wrote: »

"I'm going up to Dublin to ride a few Dubs".

Sounds like the election slogan for a country TD!!

davej · 12-08-2009 08:13AM

Jawgap wrote: »

Looking forward to using this and I'll be signing up for my card tomorrow.

I presume if you register now, your subscription won't expire until 13 months time (wouldn't want to lose a month by registering a month early).

davej

cheerspal · 12-08-2009 08:32AM

How long before the bikes are vandalized?

I would say 1 week before we hear of something in the paper.

Vélo · 12-08-2009 08:33AM

el tonto wrote: »

"I'm going up to Dublin to ride a few Dubs".

Ah the good auld days going down the country to ride a few muck savages:D

flickerx · 12-08-2009 12:12PM

Having seen the scheme work in Montreal, I am happy that Dublin has one too

BUT - looking at this, there arent enough stations, and not enough with credit card terminals (they should ALL have one).

monument · 12-08-2009 04:11PM

When trying to subscribe I'm getting a message of "Technical problem" at 'STEP 4: Payment by Credit Card'.

oflahero · 12-08-2009 04:31PM

monument wrote: »

When trying to subscribe I'm getting a message of "Technical problem" at 'STEP 4: Payment by Credit Card'.

I think I remember the placeholder on that page for the last couple of days saying 'available Wednesday from 6pm'...

Dublinbikes website is now live

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