Bicycles could soon be allowed on board Metrolink trams with pilot scheme being drawn up
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA pilot scheme allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams across Greater Manchester is now being drawn up, it's been revealed.
The city region's new active travel commissioner, former Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey, has revealed she's working with transport bosses and the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to devise a trial.
In a new mission statement on the benefits to all of cycling, walking and wheeling, designed to 'ensure' active travel is 'completely embedded' into a London-style transport system for Greater Manchester, Dame Sarah says a review of current policies surrounding mobility aids on trams is also now underway.
She says she wants to deliver a pilot scheme for 'trialling the carriage of bikes and non-standard cycles on trams', like tricycles, tandems and hand cycles, together with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
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