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Next London bike hire sponsor to pay at least £5.5m per year

June 2, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Companies are being invited to register their interest in replacing Barclays Bank as sponsors of the capital’s bike hire scheme.

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Boris urged to publish full details of bike hire funding

February 26, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Mayor Boris Johnson has been urged to publish a full account of the funding for his flagship bike hire scheme. The scheme is sponsored by Barlcays Bank which agreed to provide £25m towards the first two phases in return for exclusive naming rights until 2015.

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Boris Bike hires fall 10% despite taxpayer funded expansion into South West London

February 24, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

The number of people borrowing a bike from the capital’s cycle hire scheme fell by 10% in January despite a recent expansion into South West London and the addition of 2,000 new bikes.

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Bike hire scheme expands into Wandsworth as usage levels plummet

November 28, 2013 - Martin Hoscik

The expansion of London’s bike hire scheme into Wandsworth is set to go live next month. Around 60 docking stations have been installed across the north of the borough in Battersea, Wandsworth Town and Putney with the majority opening to scheme members on December 13th. Wandsworth council says the remainder of docking stations will be […]

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TfL “considering” showing cycle dock locations on bus maps

October 21, 2010 - Martin Hoscik

Despite successive City Hall administrations lauding of the capital’s ‘integrated transport network’, it seems there’s still plenty of scope for improving the cross promotion of some services. Mayor of London Boris Johnson launched the capital’s cycle hire scheme this summer in a blaze of publicity and Transport for London have issued a series of excited […]

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