London bike hire scheme notches up one million journeys

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 08 Oct 2010, 08:19

BBC News - 08/10/10

One million journeys have been made on cycles in London's bike hire scheme since its launch 10 weeks ago.

More than 90,000 people have signed up as members of the £140m scheme since it began on 30 July.

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madibe · Post by **madibe** » 08 Oct 2010, 13:02

so its working out at £140 / journey at the moment?

Only joking... but on serious note... that must be a lot of new tyres and stuff.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 08 Oct 2010, 23:00

That's no'bad, 'cause it hasn't been going long, has it?

madibe · Post by **madibe** » 09 Oct 2010, 04:51

Just a question...how much to hire the bike and what are the maintainace / replacement costs?

Only need to get 100,000,000 hires to get it down to £1.40 a go :/

It's brilliant but do the maths add up?