Boris Johnson is facing calls to publish City Hall’s full cycle hire sponsorship contract with Barclays Bank following a BBC report questioning the benefits to Londoners of the agreement. Yesterday the Mayor announced an extension of the sponsorship deal, originally due to expire in 2015, to 2018 and said the bank would provide a further […]
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London’s cycle hire scheme to expand westwards
Boris Johnson has confirmed London’s cycle hire scheme is to expand to West and South West London by the summer of 2013. The Mayor made the announcement as he marked the scheme’s first anniversary and revealed that there had been more than six million bike hires since launch. Despite City Hall’s desire to present the […]
Cycle hire scheme to expand to East London
London’s cycle hire scheme is to be expanded “across a large area” of East London allowing residents and commuters in Tower Hamlets and Hackney to use the scheme. Transport for London say the scheme, which is currently limited to central London, will be extended “as the edge of the Olympic Park” by 2012 with new […]
AMs call for Cycle Hire feedback
Assembly Members on the London Assembly’s Transport Committee are asking Cycle Hire and Cycle Superhighway users for their experiences of the schemes. The survey is accessible via the london.gov.uk website and will help AMs gather data ahead ahead of a public hearing to be held next month when the Committee will assess the success of […]
Audio: Kulveer Ranger on cooling tubes & cycle hire
Kulveer Ranger, transport advisor to Mayor of London Boris Johnson, on the challenges of air-conditioning the Tube and the first few days of London’s new cycle hire scheme. Listen! SUBSCRIBE TO MAYORWATCH PODCASTS IN iTUNES
