Issue - meetings

(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.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of City Regeneration and Environment which provided an update on the current situation with regard to the existing bike hire scheme and sought approval to explore options around how a future scheme might operate.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      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;

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

(c)      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.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to approve the recommendations contained within the report; and

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