Could you supply under the freedom of information act details regarding the 'boris bike' scheme in particular the numbers of bikes being used in a year period. Many thanks

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TfL Ref: FOI-4535-1718

Thank you for your clarified request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 15 February 2018 asking for information about Santander Cycles.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm we hold some of the information you require. You asked:

Could you supply details of the number of trips taken, the number of actual bikes used and if possible the average distance of each trip over the period 1st Jan 2017 - 31st Jan 2017.

Please see below for trips between 1^st – 31^st Jan 2017;

• Trips – 632,405

   

• Bikes used – 11,885

   

• Average distance – we can’t measure distance perfectly due to the bikes not having GPS.  However, we use the calculation of distance = speed x time.  The average speed of Santander Cycles in London is 14.9km/h and the average trip duration in January 2017 was 17 minutes therefore we assume the average distance per trip was 4.2 km

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Yours sincerely

Lee Hill

Senior FOI Case Officer

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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