{"id":506954,"date":"2025-10-17T14:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/506954\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:06:19","slug":"glasgow-to-follow-edinburgh-in-introduction-of-voi-bike-hire-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/506954\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow to follow Edinburgh in introduction of Voi bike hire scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

GLASGOW<\/a> will introduce a cycle hire scheme from Swedish cycle and scooter hire firm Voi<\/a>, following the company\u2019s launch in Edinburgh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Voi bikes launched as the capital\u2019s new cycle hire scheme<\/a> last month, four years after the end of the ill-fated Just Eat bike hire scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Voi now looks set to be the sole provider of bicycle hires and supporting infrastructure in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, with its contract in the latter beginning on 10 November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Glasgow City Council has had a contract with German firm TIER Nextbike for 11 years now, facilitating over three million rides by more than 280,000 customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>A Voi bike on the shore of the river Clyde in Glasgow (C) Voi Technologies Ltd.<\/p>\n

The last day use of TIER\u2019s cycle infrastructure in Glasgow is 31 October, and those with credit still in their accounts will be eligible for a refund.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a statement, the Glasgow City Council said yesterday: \u201cSince launching in 2014, Glasgow\u2019s cycle hire scheme has recorded nearly 3 million hires and attracted over 280,000 registered users \u2013 supporting thousands of people to choose active travel across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing a competitive tender process earlier this year, Voi was awarded the contract to operate the scheme for up to five years, with the service delivered at no cost to the council.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVoi will introduce a fully electric bike fleet, and offer a more flexible experience for users.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will feature two types of e-bikes tailored to different trip durations and rider preferences, all capped at safe speeds for both urban and rural use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cVoi bikes will operate on a hybrid docking basis, allowing users to park within designated on-street zones rather than fixed docking stations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis approach will help free up pedestrian space and make it easier to expand the scheme in future.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In early September, a trial scheme was set up by the City of Edinburgh Council in collaboration with the Swedish e-bike firm in which 50 bikes and relevant infrastructure was set up across a small 8 sq. km zone in Scotland\u2019s capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The scheme is a pilot, but it has been set up with a view for fairly rapid expansion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Council has said that, if demand is there, there could be 800 bikes on Edinburgh streets by the end of December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Voi bikes use a dockless model, and are parked out of the way on pavements and other points in the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fares in Edinburgh have initially been set at \u00a36.60 per hour, or \u00a30.11 per minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Chiefs at Voi bikes hope that their cycle hire scheme will avoid the fate of Edinburgh\u2019s previous Just Eat cycle hire scheme, which imploded due to vandalism and maintenance costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cycles under that scheme were often thrown in the Water of Leith and other bodies of water in the capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There have already been some suggestions of criminality connected to Edinburgh\u2019s new e-bike scheme, however, and youths have been spotted using Voi bikes in a failed bid to steal another private bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The new e-bikes will hit Glasgow streets around 10 November.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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