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London Bike Use Soars as Workers Ride Out Recurring Tube Strikes
- Daily Santander cycle rentals have risen 132% so far this year
- London has been blighted by strikes on the underground network
Rides on London’s public bike-rental network have hit record levels in each of the past nine months as subway strikes blight the city’s public transport system.
An all-time annual high of 12 million trips were taken on Santander Cycles in the last year, according to Transport for London data. On strike days, thousands of commuters get to work using the hired bikes, which can be picked up and dropped off at different docking stations around the city.