Image006 Barclays va financer une partie du système de Vélos en Libre Service (VLS) à Londres, ainsi que les infrastructures avec de véritables autoroutes (décrites ici) reliant la périphérie au centre, comme à Copenhague.

Comme HSBC pour Better Place, Barclays finance des infrastructures et des solutions de mobilité innovantes.
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<p>Barclays Cycle Hire, launching on 30 July 2010, will be a public bicycle sharing scheme for short journeys in and around central London. You’ll be able to pick up a bicycle, use it as you like, then drop it off, ready for the next person.
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</p> <h2>Register for email updates</h2> <p>Register</p> <h2>When you can hire</h2> <p>The bicycles will be available 24 hours a day, all year round. It will be self-service so just turn up and go whenever you get the urge. No need to book.</p> <h2>Who can hire</h2> <p>If you are 14 and over and can use a bicycle without help, Barclays Cycle Hire’s for you. We’ll be providing information in other languages so it’s great for tourists too.</p> <h2>Picking up and dropping off your cycle</h2> <p>There will be 400 special docking stations to choose from. Pick up and drop off at any station you fancy.</p> <h2>Costs</h2> <p>To hire a bicycle you will need to pay:</p> <ul> <li>An access fee (gives you the right to use the scheme) </li> <li>And a usage charge (based on the duration of the journey)</li> </ul> <p>The first 30 minutes of each journey are free.</p> <h2>Access fee</h2> <ul> <li>24-hour access - £1 </li> <li>Seven-day access - £5 </li> <li>Annual access - £45 (members only)</li> </ul>