Posts tagged with ‘cycle hire’

Chris Boardman launches Liverpool City Bike

Liverpool’s cycle hire scheme, the largest in Britain outside London, launches today (7th May). Cycling celebrity Chris Boardman, from nearby Hoylake, officially kicked the first bike off its stand at…

Tube strike leads to new Boris Bike record

Almost 50,000 Londoners took to ‘Boris bikes’ yesterday to dodge the Tube strike – setting a new record for the scheme. With 49,025 hires, the total exceeds the previous record…

Northampton is the latest to get hire-bikes

The town of Northampton is the latest to sign up to Britain’s bike-hire boom. The newly named ‘Cycle CoNNect’ scheme, riffing on the area’s NN postcode, starts operation in May…

Liverpool ‘City Bike’ launches next month

Liverpool’s ‘Boris bike’-style hire scheme, the biggest outside London, will be known as City Bike when it launches next month. The name was chosen following a public vote, beating off…

Birmingham Roundhouse could be city centre bike hub

An iconic canalside building could become a ‘cycling hub’ for Birmingham under new proposals from the Canal & River Trust and National Trust. The Roundhouse, near the National Indoor Arena…