Research and planning

Research:

Research needs to be done on the various aspects of the project and how it has fared in other locations. Some starting points are :

• The Velib project in Paris - ( Wikipedia entry, Official site)
• Stockholm City Bikes (Wikipedia entry, Official site)
• Infosys' internal community bike scheme
• Autolib (!!?!?!?) - http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/move-over-velib-autolib-is-on-its-way-17274
• New Mobility Agenda - http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/wt_index.htm
• The World City Bike Collaborative - http://www.ecoplan.org/wtpp/citybike_index.htm (Check if anyone you know is a member here? Membership fees are way too high for us to join, but maybe we can get corporate backing. There are some good free materials there too).
• The Copenhagen bike culture blog : http://www.copenhagenize.com/
  

The aspects we need to look at in all the above are :

• Method of operations, logistics
• Performance of project
• Security
• Finances
• Media
• Public opinion
• Points to adapt to our project

Planning:
Here, I refer to planning at the macro level. This is where the various subsets in the project coalesce.
Also, from the various aspects on the To-Do list and the feasibility and usability discussions, we need to collate, filter and unify the ideas that come in, and schedule and stack the ideas to form a structured whole and then generate a working plan.