Dublin Bikes Expansion Announced!

We are massive fans of the Dublin Bikes scheme, producer John insists the first time he ever felt true civic pride was when he first rented a Dublin Bike. (He's like that). We feel he should have felt it the first time Live Drive went on air!

Dublin City Council’s dublin bikes scheme in association with JCDecaux is one of the most successful public bike rental schemes worldwide and they are going to make it even better with a propsed expansion.

The proposed expansion provides for 58 additional stations, 950 additional bikes and around 2,000 additional bike stands. These stands will be sited in the west of the city in the Heuston area and to the east in the Docklands area. It is hoped that works will commence this October and be completed during July 2014.”

The expanded bike scheme will provide for improved linkages in the city, the generation of 29 new jobs, the delivery of Government policy in relation to public transport and will further enhance the reputation of Dublin as a forward thinking and innovative city.

At present there are 33,000 long term dublinbikes subscribers, with the bikes being used on a daily basis anywhere up to 7,000 times.