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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Noah Vickers

Bad weather to blame for sharp reduction in ‘Boris bike’ hires, TfL says

Journeys made using Transport for London’s (TfL) cycle hire scheme this year are at their lowest in a decade, with the organisation blaming recent bad weather as a potential cause.

Having achieved a record number of hires in 2022, the latest statistics show that the bikes’ usage has declined by a third in the first seven months of 2023, compared with those same months last year.

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