Official Transport for London figures show that the increase in membership fees for the Mayor’s flagship cycle hire scheme has failed to deliver the expected rise in revenue, hampering efforts to minimise TfL’s multi-million pound losses on the scheme.
Boris Bike staff vote to to strike
RMT members employed by Serco, the company which manages the ‘Boris Bike’ scheme for Transport for London, have voted to strike in a row over pay and conditions. Grievances include a pay cap of 2% pay increase for 2013, changes to shift patterns and claims of “continuous bullying and harassment of members”. A ballot of […]
RMT claims Boris Bike scheme “risks collapsing into chaos”
London’s cycle hire scheme “risks collapsing into chaos through a massive under-investment in staff, bikes and docking stations” according to the RMT union. The union is to ballot members employed by Serco, the private sector company which manages the scheme for Transport for London, for both strike action and action short of a strike in […]
Barclays deducts £1.5m from cycle hire sponsorship
Barclays has deducted more than £1.5m from its sponsorship of the capital’s cycle hire scheme, a new Freedom of Information request has revealed.
Boris Bikes satisfaction levels fall after price hike
Satisfaction levels with the capital’s cycle hire scheme has fallen, with users unhappy about the recent price increase and bike & docking station availability, according to internal Transport for London polling.
