Barclays Cycle Hire

Barclays Cycle Hire was only introduced to London three months ago but has already seen 1.5 million journeys taken with them in central London and over 100,000 people sign up to the project. Transport for London have recently announced that the project has been such a success that it is going to be extended to surrounding boroughs of central London. These include Tower Hamlets, and North Shoreditch in the Borough of Hackney. An extra 2,000 bikes will be added as well as an further 4,200 docking bays. The final number of rental bikes will be 8,000 with 14,400 bays. The final project will cover 65km2 of central london and is available to any Londoner who signs up. This project is much more successful than I ever imagined as there were many skeptics of the project. With fears of theft and vandalism.

When I visited Barcelona I was very jealous of their bike scheme that has been part of Barcelona for many years and is very successful. But with the newest numbers from Transport for London I am now happy to say that London's seems just as successful. The bikes aren't free to use costing 12 pence a day for access to a bike if you buy the annual membership which costs £45. But with a further charge added on for length of usage which can cost up to £50 if the bike is used for the full 24hours. But I can imagine most Londoners will only use it for and about an hour which costs £1. They are available 24 hours a day all year.