Launch of London Cycle Hire scheme
From summer 2010 The Mayor of London and Transport for London will set up and operate a London Cycle Hire scheme for London.
Bicycles will be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The London Cycle Hire scheme will help to alleviate congestion on the Tube and buses in London.
The scheme will launch with 6,000 hire bicycles based in the nine London boroughs and several Royal Parks that make up London’s zone one travel area, and are expected to generate around 40,000 extra cycle trips a day in central London.
