The cost of storing a bike in a hangar is five times higher than a car parking permit in some areas of London.
Hangars can store six bikes in half the space a car takes up, Islington Council says
Simon Munk from the London Cycling Campaign said that the price disparity was "discouraging" cycling in the city. Oliver Lord of the Clean Cities Campaign believes Islington Council is not doing enough to encourage cycling."Bike parking should never cost more than car parking. And we know around half of Londoners are put off taking up cycling because of lack of secure parking."London's walking and cycling schemes could lose out in TfL cuts"If you can afford an electric car in Islington, then you can afford more than £25 a year to park it outside your house.
An Enfield Council spokesperson said: "We currently use a TfL-subsidised funding model for these hangars which has helped to keep costs down to encourage initial take-up. Looking ahead, we are seeking an alternative funding model so we can continue to offer safe and secure cycle parking for those who wish to travel actively across the borough.""It should never cost more to park your bike than it should to park your car. One machine fights climate change, the other causes it.
Cyclehoop, which provides most of London's bike hangars, says each unit costs £3,550 to produce and £400 to deliver.How do you build a nation of cyclists? "We are proud to have installed more bike hangars than almost any other borough in London," the spokesperson said.
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