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Sadiq Whacks Up Boris Bike Prices for Commuters – Guido Fawkes





Sadiq Whacks Up Boris Bike Prices for Commuters


Sadiq Khan has introduced he’s planning to make Boris Bikes throughout the capital costlier for the primary time in 9 years. In a brand new press launch this afternoon, Sadiq revealed the £2 cost per 24 hours can be scrapped subsequent month, changed by a £1.65 pay-per-ride system, spinning as a worth lower. Which means these utilizing the bikes to commute to and from work will now pay a minimum of £3.30, fairly than £2…

The ‘good’ information is he’s concurrently including 500 e-bikes to the fleet, though these will price £3.30 per experience, and can initially be restricted to these registered to the month-to-month or annual scheme. By the best way, the annual membership is rising from £90 to £120…

Inevitably, Sadiq is definitely spinning all this as a constructive step in the direction of encouraging extra individuals to cycle:

“I’m decided to proceed constructing a cleaner, greener London for everybody and this contains making biking as accessible as potential […] The brand new Santander Cycles e-bikes will play an vital function in serving to to interrupt down among the boundaries that cease individuals from getting on a motorbike, together with health, age and size of journey.”

Encouraging individuals to cycle by making it costlier throughout a price of dwelling disaster. Peddling nonsense like this nonetheless comes freed from cost…

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