Plymouth's e-bike operator to focus on the city's more popular areas
Beryl say they will be consolidating their operations in the regions where there's not enough demand
There's to be fewer e-bikes in parts of Plymouth, because the operator say there's simply not as much demand as they would like.
Beryl will instead be focussing on more popular locations in the city centre, the south west of the city, including Mutley, Central Park and Keyham.
The scheme was launched in 2023 as part of Connect Plymouth, a Council initiative funded by the Department of Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund.
It was all in a bid to encourage people to take greener, more sustainable ways to travel about the city, with a focus on better connecting with existing public travel including buses, trains, ferries, walking and cycling routes.
More than 27,000 people have taken a trip on one of their e-bikes - with over 213,000 journeys taken.
The most popular areas are the city centre and the south west of Plymouth, as well as Derriford and St Budeaux.
The 450 e-bikes in the scheme will now be concentrated into the areas where they are best used, with the docking locations outside this removed.
'Not being used as much as we would like'
Councillor Mark Coker, cabinet member for transport said: “This was a business decision made by Beryl based purely on the amount of use e-bikes have in various areas.
“In the two years that the e-bikes have been available in Plymouth, it is clear that while they are very popular in some areas, such as the city centre, they are simply not being used as much as we would all like in other areas.
“It makes sense to concentrate the available e-bikes where they are far more popular and convenient for short, sharp journeys.”
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