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Londoners are riding Boris’ bikes in droves, but where is the scheme going?

Despite its fair share of back office glitches, London’s new bicycle hire scheme is widely acknowledged to have been a roaring success in terms of user numbers, with 80,000 people having signed up as members and more than half a million journeys having been made on the ‘Boris bikes’ in barely five weeks of operation. The mayor’s transport advisor, Kulveer Ranger, tells LTT what is going to happen next

17 September 2010
Kulveer Ranger proclaims Londons bike hire scheme a success, despite
Kulveer Ranger proclaims Londons bike hire scheme a success, despite "teething troubles"

 

Less than six weeks after its launch, London’s new bike hire scheme has already notched up more than 80,000 registered users and more than half a million recorded journeys, despite widespread reports of problems docking the bike at journey’s end, plus various back office software glitches involving phantom journeys and so forth. So how do the people behind the scheme assess its success, or otherwise, to date, and what does the future hold for the capital’s fleet of...

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