Bike Pooling

With more than 100,000 active cycling commuters a day, bikes are fast becoming a great alternative to London’s travel problems. So could bike pooling be a healthy and eco friendly way to sort out our roads? People are starting to cycle to work, whether to avoid the hell or commuting or to keep fit.

The previous Mayor of London Ken Livingstone was really positive on the idea of bike pooling. He wanted companies to start up bike pools rather than company cars. Idea is make people healthier and cut down on carbon emissions.

In the past such bike sharing / rental schemes in UK cities have flopped. One scheme for free bike share in Cambridge, for example, foundered when all the bikes were gradually stolen before being repainted and sold.

I think if the government is serious about getting people out of cars and onto bikes they need to improve things for it to be safer for cyclists. For example improving cycle lanes, many roads don't have them, and to drivers cyclists become just a nuisance.