On Aug 13, 4:31*pm, Mizter T wrote:

He also links to BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards and
a piece about the scheme (one of many) on his Mind The Gap blog,
replete with embedded videos (and interviews) etc - haven't watched
any of them yet, but the freeze-frame on the first video appears to
show a hire bike recirculator arrangement with traction provided by a
tractor type arrangement as favoured by park keepers (or at least
'council park chiefs').

I spotted one of these in the wild on Friday evening, on Great
Portland Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/teflon/4893603796/

Chatting to the guys unloading bikes from it, it seems that the Ford
Focuses may be a stop-gap measure until they can get more of the
electric vans delivered.