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£1.36 subsidy per trip: TfL lifts the lid on bike hire performance

17 October 2014

 

Every £1 of public money spent on London’s cycle hire scheme has delivered just 70p of benefit, according to an economic analysis published by Transport for London.

The outturn benefit:cost ratio  (BCR) of the project is 0.7:1, which places the project firmly in the category of poor value for money using the DfT’s classifications. 

The scheme receives a subsidy of more than £10m a year from TfL and the subsidy per trip is currently £1.36.

The poor BCR...

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