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From: BarclaysCycleHire [mailto:barclayscyclehire@tfl.gov.uk]
Sent: 10 November 2010 11:14
To: BarclaysCycleHire
Subject: Expansion of Barclays Cycle Hire scheme
Good morning,
Expansion of Barclays Cycle Hire scheme
I am sure you will be as pleased as we are with the enthusiastic public response to the Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme. Londoners and those from elsewhere have voted with their feet; the scheme has had a very successful start, topping 1.5 million trips since we launched in July and now with over 100,000 members. We could not have done this without you and our other delivery partners.
We wish to expand the scheme by summer 2012. This will include extending the area to include all of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and a further part of the London Borough of Hackney. In Central London, to improve the choice of origins and destinations we will be seeking to provide new docking stations in some areas, and to meet increasing demand we would like to enlarge some existing ones.
We realise that this will be a challenge, given the many current demands for public space, but ultimately the shift in emphasis towards a ‘cyclised city’ which this scheme can help deliver will bring benefits in terms of congestion relief, air quality, noise reduction, individual health and many other key areas.
Overall we hope to introduce around 2,000 more cycles and 4,200 docking points in the existing and new cycle hire area, which will cover 65km². Once complete, the scheme will have around 8,000 cycles and around 14,400 docking points, at hundreds of locations in central and east London.
Planning for the Tower Hamlets expansion is already under way. Discussions with our other delivery partners have begun, and together we will be continuing to explore ways of accommodating the expansion.
We will be in touch again shortly. In the meantime, for more information about Barclays Cycle Hire, please visit: www.tfl.gov.uk/barclayscyclehire
Kind regards,
Barclays Cycle Hire