Beryl and BCP Council celebrate impact of e-bikes in first year

Sustainable transport experts, Beryl and scheme partners BCP Council are celebrating the impact of their e-bike share scheme, after it replaced almost 4,500 private road transport journeys in its first year.
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Since being introduced alongside the region’s shared bikes and e-scooters on 26 July 2022, the vehicles have clocked up more than 20,000 journeys across nearly 76,000km. According to industry calculations, this has seen them save well over three tonnes of harmful Carbon Dioxide emissions, the equivalent of almost 1,500 litres of petrol. 

Research has also shown that, since the e-bikes arrived, riders in BCP are embracing the extra variety. The latest Beryl Annual Rider Report showed that the number of people riding bikes and e-scooters has almost doubled from 29% the previous year to 47% and the number of riders just using bikes has more than halved from 47% the previous year to just 20%. 

The anniversary coincides with the share scheme surpassing 200,000 unique users since it was first introduced.