Cycle hire hits record high as usage growth slows

Over 10.5 million journeys were made using Santander Cycles during 2018 according to TfL, but growth rates have slowed over the past couple of years.
There has been an average of 29,500 hires each day this year, the highest daily average since the scheme started in 2010. Christmas Day saw more than 35,000 hires as Londoners took to cycling on a day when no other public transport exists.
There were five consecutive months this year where TfL’s scheme achieved more than one million hires. In