More Boris bikes and hubs to be built after surge in cycling in London

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An extra 1,700 “Boris bikes� are to be bought at an estimated cost of £1.7m in response to a massive increase in cycling by Londoners wanting to avoid public transport.

This will increase the size of the capital’s hire bike fleet to 14,000 later this year. An extra 14 docking stations will be built to extend the scheme in south and south-east London.

Transport for London says demand for the bikes is at record levels, with 1,120,620 hires last month, the highest in its 10-year history. NHS staff and carers made use of their free access codes for the bikes during the pandemic 30,000 times in May.

An order for 1,400 of the bikes, now made in the UK by Pashley, has been placed by Transport for London. The bikes cost about £1,000 each. They were initially made in Canada.

Three new docking stations will be built around Clapham Common, and five alongside the Cycleway 4 route, which will connect Tower Bridge Road with Rotherhithe, or at Canada Water. A further six docking stations will be built by the end of the year.

More bike hubs are being introduced at main rail stations to enable travellers to use the bikes for “last mile� journeys.

Plans to build a segregated “pop-up� bike lane in Euston Road, akin to that in Park Lane, are in development.

Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “I’m determined that our city’s recovery from coronavirus will be clean, green and sustainable and enabling more Londoners to cycle is absolutely central to this.

“We’ve seen three times the number of people cycling in some parts of our city compared to before the crisis.

"By adding new docking stations, cycle hire hubs and bikes we are making it even more convenient to take to two wheels.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tran...-a4464881.html

On 10/06/2020 17:32, Simon Mason wrote:

QUOTE:
An extra 1,700 “Boris bikes� are to be bought at an estimated cost of £1.7m in response to a massive increase in cycling by Londoners wanting to avoid public transport.

This will increase the size of the capital’s hire bike fleet to 14,000 later this year. An extra 14 docking stations will be built to extend the scheme in south and south-east London.

Transport for London says demand for the bikes is at record levels, with 1,120,620 hires last month, the highest in its 10-year history. NHS staff and carers made use of their free access codes for the bikes during the pandemic 30,000 times in May.

An order for 1,400 of the bikes, now made in the UK by Pashley, has been placed by Transport for London. The bikes cost about £1,000 each. They were initially made in Canada.

Three new docking stations will be built around Clapham Common, and five alongside the Cycleway 4 route, which will connect Tower Bridge Road with Rotherhithe, or at Canada Water. A further six docking stations will be built by the end of the year.

More bike hubs are being introduced at main rail stations to enable travellers to use the bikes for “last mile� journeys.

Plans to build a segregated “pop-up� bike lane in Euston Road, akin to that in Park Lane, are in development.

Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “I’m determined that our city’s recovery from coronavirus will be clean, green and sustainable and enabling more Londoners to cycle is absolutely central to this.

“We’ve seen three times the number of people cycling in some parts of our city compared to before the crisis.

"By adding new docking stations, cycle hire hubs and bikes we are making it even more convenient to take to two wheels.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tran...-a4464881.html

What arrangements will be made for disinfecting the new and existing
Boris-bikes between hirings?