Andy Burnham has welcomed Greater Manchester's new cycle hire scheme hitting the 100,000km milestone since its launch in November. There have been over 39,000 journeys taken on the bikes, with over 10,400 active users.

Bikes are currently available from stations along the Oxford Road corridor, at the University of Salford and at MediaCityUK. The use of the bikes has been closely monitored since the scheme launched and learning will be fed in as the roll out continues later this year when the scheme expands and bikes become available in Trafford.

"We wanted to create a cycle hire scheme in GM so that more people had access to an affordable, accessible and sustainable form of transport," Burnham said.

"It’s great to see how the scheme has been received by the people of GM so far. Seeing the number of people riding around Oxford Road, the University of Salford and MediaCity on our iconic yellow bikes has been brilliant – and I’m really looking forward to more bikes becoming available in the future."

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-14-april-2022-291943#live-blog-item-33355

On 14/04/2022 03:03 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> Andy Burnham has welcomed Greater Manchester's new fairy-cycle hire scheme hitting the 100,000km milestone since its launch in November. There have been over 39,000 journeys taken on the fairy-bikes, with over 10,400 active users.
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> Fairy-bikes are currently available from stations along the Oxford Road corridor, at the University of Salford and at MediaCityUK. The use of the fairy-bikes has been closely monitored since the scheme launched and learning will be fed in as the roll out continues later this year when the scheme expands and fairy-bikes become available in Trafford.
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> "We wanted to create a fairy-cycle hire scheme in GM so that more people had access to an affordable, accessible and sustainable form of transport," Burnham said.
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> "It’s great to see how the scheme has been received by the people of GM so far. Seeing the number of people riding around Oxford Road, the University of Salford and MediaCity on our iconic yellow fairy-bikes has been brilliant – and I’m really looking forward to more fairy-bikes becoming available in the future."
>
> https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-14-april-2022-291943#live-blog-item-33355

All spelling errors corrected.

On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 3:03:13 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
> Andy Burnham has welcomed Greater Manchester's new cycle hire scheme hitting the 100,000km milestone since its launch in November. There have been over 39,000 journeys taken on the bikes, with over 10,400 active users.

NICE LOGO. :-)

https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files/styles/main_width/public/cycle-hire-100000km-ridden-graphic.png

On 14/04/2022 04:41 pm, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 3:03:13 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:

>> Andy Burnham has welcomed Greater Manchester's new cycle hire scheme hitting the 100,000km milestone since its launch in November. There have been over 39,000 journeys taken on the bikes, with over 10,400 active users.
>
> NICE LOGO. :-)
>
> https://cdn.road.cc/sites/default/files/styles/main_width/public/cycle-hire-100000km-ridden-graphic.png

We do not use kilometres as a measure of distance in the United Kingdom.

But perhaps 62,000 miles didn't feel as photogenic.

QUOTE:
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has asked residents to not chuck the city's £17m rental scheme bikes into the canal. Burnham admitted feeling nervous about the scheme opening later this month and hoped that people would treat them like their own bikes.

Burnham told the Guardian (link is external): "I would just say to people: these are your bikes, we own them. So, please look after them. Damaging your own stuff doesn’t make sense."

He also emphasised they are Bee Bikes, not 'Burnham Bikes', ahead of the scheme's imminent launch on 18 November.

The bikes are owned by Greater Manchester but will be operated by Beryl for the first five years, the company behind bike hire schemes in several UK cities such as Norwich and Bournemouth.

Burnham has committed to 1,500 bikes, including 300 e-bikes, available to users across Manchester, Salford and Trafford by next summer and, if successful, there are plans to expand the project across Greater Manchester.

ENDS

IT'S BEEN A ROARING SUCCESS, ANDY. :-) WELL DONE.