On your bike

MORE than two million trips have been taken using rented bicycles in the capital.

Some 2.3 million journeys have been taken on bikes leased from Dublin City Council’s “dublinbikes” scheme since its launch in September 2009.

By August 2010, some one million miles had been clocked up. But the pace of bike rentals picked up and the two million mike mark was reached on May 12 when a cyclist took a seven-minute journey from Parnell Square North to Smithfield North.

nLast month, the scheme saw the daily record for journeys smashed by more than 200 trips in a single day.

n”Dublinbikes” members took 6,280 journeys on July 13 — beating the previous record of 6,043.

nThere are now 44 stations and 55 bikes in the capital’s network and each Dublin bike has an average rotation of 8.8 journeys every day.

nThe average trip is 13 minutes, with 97% of all trips (under 30 minutes) free.

nThe “dublinbikes” scheme has over 55,000 subscribers and its promoters claim it is one of the most successful bike share rental schemes in the world.

It has received numerous awards including the Green Communications Award and the Excellence in Local Government award for Sustainable Development.