Including the closely related term bikes.
… and helmets for staff to use. There are 20 pool cycles altogether (10 Shirehall and 10 Transport Depot). There are around 5 regular users so far. Uptake is expected to improve with publicity. There has been interest for SCPC at office sites for these throughout Shrewsbury and the potential for a future trial and conversion to electric cycles (aka e-bikes…
… or Pedelec’s). Conversion kits are available to do this. Figure 1 Shropshire Council Pool Cycles E-Bikes We held a successful event as below and as result achieved a positive good news story on the BBC Midlands Today and Shropshire Radio. With staff trying out the e-bikes on a test circuit, and several follow up enquiries for e-bikes. Our own HR Cycle to Work Scheme. and Sustran’s…
… (Sustainable Transport National Cycle Network also attended). Following this success, we will host an e-bike stall at the Tech Severn Event this year, together with other low carbon technologies. Resource Managment Veolia has provided favourable carbon emission data based on Shropshire Council’s Municipal waste contract (Table 6). Municipal Waste The carbon footprint for domestic…
… 2014 616 £65,572.81 £120,639.35 £186,212 2015 626 £64,659.90 £121,532.41 £186,192 2016 841 £86,906.18 £138,752.74 £225,659 2017 755 £89,348.56 £128,964.65 £218,313 2018 804 £100,507.83 £140,819.38 £241,327 TOTAL 4,705 £512,449 £849,403 £1,361,852 Sustainable Transport and Active Travel SCPC Shropshire Council Pool Cycles (SCPC) have been restored and relaunched. Colleagues have…
… sacrificed lunchtimes to help repair them. They allow staff to take daytime trips into town, to meetings or simply for a nice lunchtime ride. There are ten Giant cycles based at Shirehall (5 gents and 5 ladies) and a further 10 at the Highways Depot Longden Road. The keys for locks are held at the North Entrance and lockers on the way out (close to the roller doors) contain spare tubes, pumps…