A survey to find out people’s views on a potential London style public bike hire scheme in Aberdeen has been launched.
In the same style as London’s “Boris bikes”, the hire bikes – dubbed “Barney’s bikes” after Lord Provost Barney Crockett – would be available to hire and stationed at points across the city.
The proposals have been on the table for more than a year, and the survey is part of a consultation by the city council and other organisations, such as the cycling advocate group.
Council transport spokeswoman Sandra Macdonald said: “We’d urge as many people as possible to take part in the survey as even if you don’t cycle around at the moment, you may have used a similar bike hire scheme in another city.
“We’d welcome your opinion about how it could work in Aberdeen.”
The survey will consider the level of interest in a cycle hire scheme, the kind of trips that the bikes might be used for, and how the cycle hire scheme could operate.
It will also ask how it should be funded and what types of bikes people would want to see.
The survey for the bike hire scheme options appraisal, which should take about 10 minutes to fill in, is available at https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/place/bike-hire-scheme-options-apprasial
The scheme is part of the European-wide Civitas Portis transportation project, which is worth £3.2million to the north-east, led by the council and involving a consortium of council, university and private sector.
