Day 246 ‘London Bikes 1’ – 30/07/10
Todays photo is celebrating the launch of the London Bike Hire scheme and the new cycle paths in the city. This shot is deliberately juxtaposing the new cycle highway markings next the the wheels of a car.
“A bike hire scheme designed to encourage thousands more cycle journeys in central London has begun. So far, more than 12,000 people have signed up to the idea, far outstripping the 5,000 bicycles which will be available at special docking stations. Transport for London (TfL) has admitted it had been expecting “teething problems”. But it insisted that although members outnumbered the number of bikes, people would not face a shortage. Already, more than 12,450 keys have been handed out to Londoners enabling them to unlock bikes left at 315 docking points across the city. The keys cost £3 and the cost of using the cycles varies from £1 for an hour to £50 for 24 hours. TfL and operator Serco expect to roll out the scheme to casual users after a month.” From the BBC News Website
This is a really cool idea, I just got back from London and I saw these hire points all over the place, I’ve even got some pictures of my own! Not sure I’d be brave enough to chance the London traffic on bike though, but I do think its an excellent and very cheap scheme. £1 a day/£45 a year.
I like the way it is even mirrored in the car!
I had my first ride last Saturday night and am super excited about the scheme as documented here by my mate: velo-city-girl.blogspot.com/2010/08/barclays-cycle-hire-s…
cool, quite coincidentally here in the united states (or at least Madison,WI)
they are red
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/redskyrocketman/4715546173/]
correction. here in teh US at least Madison…..this is for bikes to go and avoid being around traffic
This is the one that I think is numbered wrong,should it be 246 not 264?