Decision details

(i)       note that the existing bike hire scheme has ceased as a result of the pull-out of the operator, ShareBike, and the efforts of officers to continue the scheme under the existing contractual terms and conditions have been unsuccessful;

(ii)      instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to formally terminate the existing bike hire contract;

(iii)      instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to explore options around how a future scheme might operate and report back findings to the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee in September; and

(iv)     agree Sharebike pulled out of the UK market due to problems attracting funding and as reported in the media, the bikes had suffered vandalism.