Carrying Cycle on the Bus - ideas and options

the problem or issue with the front bike carriers is that it can carry only 3-4 bikes at a time..however the trailor type as shown bellow can do more than 10 easily..

The basic design is simple and can be implemented very well..however the only hitch is with designing the spring loaded pre-tensioner  which is needed to keep the bikes in place..this is the candy stick kind of a thing..

If this fastener issue is sorted, this can be mass implemented. These pre-tensioners are needed both for the front as well as the trolley designs..

I was wondering that the challenges for us in India would be road space and commuting population in buses when it comes to designing a Bicycle rack for a Bus. I remember seeing wall posted vertical mount cycle racks in my clients office primises inside the office building. Such a design infact takes up very minimal space. We could possibly utilize 8 to 10 feet lenght of rear space in long body buses with an additional door at the rear meant for only passengers with bicycles. We can possibily thing of having the vertical mount racks fixed to the rear wall of the buses and the cycles could be mounted on to the racks and passenger can choose to stick by in the vicinity thus ensuring security of the bicycles. The could be lot of further scope to compact the space between consecutive stands by altering the mounting heights. Additonally, i feel that we can also cut down on the on-boarding and off-boarding of bicycle passengers if we materialize this design as activities such as posting the bicycle on to the rack and offloading it could be managed after the bus starts assuming bus is driven slowly and safely. 

The problem when carrying cycles is the wheels. Wheels cannot be folded. There are many problems maybe encountered if wheels are folded with respect to strength, they are dirtier, etc. Tyres will be very difficult to fold. The solution is cycles with detachable wheels which can be folded into something like a square shape. At the stations the the frame can be unfolded. It is more easier to create foldable thing with metals.  Then the wheels can be on hire at the stations where you can attach the wheels and go to your destination. There are lots of  technologies snap on type atachment are available. Attaching the wheels with 1 or 2 screw fasteners which cn be done under 2 minutes will be fine

namma metro even today allows foldable bikes on trains as  a policy..like the ones below:

we can use the feature..till regular bicycles are allowed !

Dear Praja members,

I really appreciate the initiatives happening in Bangalore.

I do cycle to work and at times go for long drives as well.

Two Years back I went to Kodai in Airavat with my cycle. The experience was very bad. The conductor made so much drama (even told me not to travel) to get bribe, though the bootspace was almost empty.  Finally gave 150Rs ticket and took 300-400 rupees.

Now I am planning to take cycle to Coimbatore and do a trip to Ooty. I would like to know the "official" way to take a cycle without all these nonsense? 

Thanks in advance

Gireesan N.