On Apr 23, 10:10*pm, Tom Barry wrote:

Mizter T wrote:

Absolutely. Vauxhall, Elephant & Castle and Camden Town are three
particularly significant 'edge of zone 1' stations that instantly
spring to mind where this tactic can fruitfully be employed - but
there are plenty of others such as Bermondsey, Whitechapel, Essex
Road, Notting Hill Gate, Royal Oak etc which might work for individual
commuters.

On which note, it'll be interesting if any of Boris's bike hire schemes
appear at edge-of-Z1 stations. *They're effectively intended to give
people an alternative to bus or tube onward transport from London rail
terminals, after all.


Arguably TfL's Finsbury Park cycle park can fulfil a similar role for
regular commuters, though you obviously need to supply your own
bicycle!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/9003.aspx

I've no idea how many people do use if for parking their bike
overnight. Also, one wouldn't want to get there in the evening and
find no space because it was still full up with the bike's of 'daytime
parkers'. I must sign up with them at some point just so as to check
it out and give it a test run.

I haven't really been following developments w.r.t the cycle hire
scheme - where are we (/is he) at with that then? And is it going to
work?