{"id":151609,"date":"2023-02-17T18:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T09:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151609&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-17T18:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T09:12:25","slug":"nishitetsu-to-launch-cycle-cargo-service-allowing-bicycles-on-buses","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nishitetsu-to-launch-cycle-cargo-service-allowing-bicycles-on-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Nishitetsu to Launch &#8220;Cycle Cargo&#8221; Service Allowing Bicycles on Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From April, Nishitetsu will begin operating a &#8220;cycle cargo&#8221; service that allows customers to bring their bicycles onto the bus. This will be the first service of its kind in Kyushu and is aimed at meeting the growing demand for cycle tourism. The company plans to target demand from cycling races such as this fall&#8217;s &#8220;Tour de Kyushu.&#8221; Nishitetsu will spend around 4 million yen to convert a charter bus to carry up to 18 bicycles and 21 people. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishitetsu.jp\/bus\/cyclecargo\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nishitetsu<\/span><\/a> <b>\/ <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=9687030&amp;ymd=2023-02-16\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151601\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_nishitetsu-cycle-cargo_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1191&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nishitetsu to Launch &quot;Cycle Cargo&quot; Service Allowing Bicycles on Buses\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_nishitetsu-cycle-cargo_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_nishitetsu-cycle-cargo_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C255&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_nishitetsu-cycle-cargo_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C871&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_nishitetsu-cycle-cargo_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C653&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. Opt out at any time and privacy is protected. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the \u201cNow\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disclaimer: These summaries are from publicly posted contents. Errors might occur during translation. Images are sourced independently for illustrative purposes and credited appropriately. Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send feedback or ask for edits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From April, Nishitetsu will begin operating a &#8220;cycle cargo&#8221; service that allows customers to bring their bicycles onto the bus. This will be the first service of its kind in Kyushu and is aimed at meeting the growing demand for cycle tourism&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":151607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-151609","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}