On Sep 3, 1:36*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, michael adams wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11167089

All is not quite well with the cycle hire scheme it would seem.

Only to the extent that at present, demand seems to be outstripping supply -
there simply aren't enough bikes to go around.

Indeed. I've been pleasantly surprised by the uptake, and am considering
investing in an edible hat.

Though I think there are some ongoing teething problems, more perhaps
that were expected. I'll do a separate reply a bit later to michael's
post and expand on that.


Have we heard anything about the vandalism rate yet?

Wot I read in the Standard a few days ago was that the police were
pleasantly surprised at the lack of vandalism - thus far only two
bikes have been stolen (IIRC at least one of which was actually being
lent to a company by TfL/Serco, presumably to promote the scheme), and
I think they were both recovered. I'll try and dig up the piece in
question.