london and bikes

[Tumbleweed]

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - London will adopt a bicycle hire scheme similar to a popular initiative in Paris under a $1 billion cycling investment package announced by the mayor on Monday.
Under the plan, part of a series of environmental measures due in coming days, 6,000 bicycles will be available for hire from ranks every 300 metres (600 feet) throughout the city centre.

 

 

Fleet of free ?granny? bikes promised as Paris success story comes ...
Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago
Now the French capital?s free bicycle hire scheme is coming to Central London, where 6000 sturdy bikes will be deployed outside Tube stations and other ...
London mayor announces major cycling scheme Guardian Unlimited
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[Zoo Cookie]

here in SA they will have to fit all the bikes with tracker devices or something like that. somehow i don't think it will work here in sa.

 

not even a bike lane on the N1 will work, you'll find to much taxi's in there.

 

good luck to all the poms pedalling.

 

[Tumbleweed]

the jda mooted a bike path plan for the city about five years back. nothing came of it, i think. building penthouses in the cbd is more important to them.

[Zoo Cookie]

so what's new?

[SwissVan]

 

Can also get free bikes here in some towns, all you do is leave your ID or Passport with them, as long as you bring it back before closing time which is 9 pm in Summer 

Bikes are touring or town bikes not SPECIALIZED training or race bikes.

 

 

 

[gianni]

 

Can also get free bikes here in some towns' date=' all you do is leave your ID or Passport with them, as long as you bring it back before closing time which is 9 pm in Summer 

Bikes are touring or town bikes not SPECIALIZED training or race bikes.

 

 

 

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Yup, went to Geneva and they have them on the shores of the lake. Cool.