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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Noah Vickers

Deputy mayor welcomes competition among London cycle hire companies

Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for transport has said he welcomes the rise in dockless e-bikes for boosting cycling in the capital - despite a sharp decline in the usage of Transport for London’s (TfL) own hire scheme.

The Standard revealed last week that the number of journeys made so far this year using TfL’s Santander Cycles is the lowest in a decade, and is a third down on the same period last year.

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