On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 27, 12:27*am, wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:

On Jul 26, 9:43*pm, wrote:

Huh? It seems to provide for main line rail stations from what I've
seen near King's Cross.

The official line seems to be that a decision was taken that the
mainline termini stations were not going to be directly catered for by
the hire scheme (at least not initially) because the potential demand
would have been too high, and it would have skewed the whole system
towards coping with that demand, or something like that.

But as you say, there are plenty of docking stations within fairly
close proximity to the termini stations, so those armed with a little
inclination and foreknowledge should be able to locate them easily
enough.

I can see I'm going to be monitoring things then!

You're thinking of perhaps using the scheme on a regular basis then
for your cross-town cycle commutes? Well, if you do, you can give us
plenty of first hand accounts of how it's all working out for you
then!

Are you on Twitter, Colin? It could actually be ideal for this. Just tweet
every time you pick up or return a bike, using a hashtag of #borisbike or
something, with a few words to say how it went. That would be pretty easy
for you, and terribly easy for everyone else to monitor. And you never
know, you might become the next Ashton Kutcher.

tom

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