A new scheme had been set to launch in Wolverhampton which allows people to hire a bike for as little as 50p at various locations in the city centre. There are 2,000 bikes set to be available 24 hours a day, the ‘Bike Share’ project will create more than 50 new jobs for the community which will be introduced to other parts of the West Midlands in 2019.
A public consultation into the initiative has just begun, with proposed bicycle bays located at the Britannia hotel, Civic Centre, the New Market, Sainsburys on the Ring Road, Compton Road, Magistrates Court, Molineux, The Way, West Park, St John’s and St George’s.Leader of Wolverhampton City Council, Councillor Roger Lawrence said: “Cities like Amsterdam and Towns right across Europe have schemes such as this and use it as a unique way of cutting out congestion.”
Leader of Wolverhampton City Council, Councillor Roger Lawrence said: “Cities like Amsterdam and Towns right across Europe have schemes such as this and use it as a unique way of cutting out congestion.”
Cities in the UK like London have these schemes in place and is great to see Wolverhampton to be among the first places to see the bikes in action.
Annual membership costing just £30 per year, meaning riders can access bikes for as little as 8p per day.
