Bike-sharing plan examined

In brief

Imagine an easy commute by bicycle: picking up a bike at a bike-sharing station and dropping it off at another station near your workplace, favourite shop or restaurant.

That scenario might be a possibility in the future.

We are looking into a bike-sharing scheme to make Edinburgh a healthier and more environmentally friendly city.

Here’s how it could work:

• an initial pilot scheme with about 800 bicycles
• regular bicycle stations in the city centre and some surrounding locations
• convenient automated payments.

Watch this space for more news in future issues of Outlook!

GOOD TO KNOW: A Paris bike-sharing scheme with more than 20,000 bikes began last year and is already extremely popular.