1. Bike Loan on a shoestring
Evolution of an affordable campus bike hire scheme – a social enterprise partnership
Katy Boom
Director of Sustainability
Insta: UW sustainability
Twitter: UW sustainability
The Future of UK Bike Share -Bikeplus 2nd Annual Conference, 28th September #bikeshare2017

2. Presentation contents
Context
History
Description
Success drivers and limiting factors
Insights and future ideas

3. “We promote Sustainable Development and active community engagement… We have an important role in generating and applying knowledge for public benefit”
11,000 students, 1200 staff, 4 campuses. In the top 5 sustainable universities.

4. CONTEXT 20% staff drive themselves to campus up to 4 miles
11% students

5. Percentage commute to campus by bike
Context
Percentage commute to campus by bike
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2015
2016
Students - 7 8 6 4
Staff 12 10 11 5 9
Cycle to Work scheme for staff
Affordable bike shop on campus
Still a gap in provision - international students

6. HISTORY Scoped in 2010 MotoV8 social enterprise - incumbent Bike Shop
Piloted 2012/13 small bike stock. Shop now run by Spokes another social enterprise
Barriers/Challenges
Management support / Risk
T&C’s WCC
Workloads for reception staff/ Excel – clunky/ Training
NESTA – online
Facilities/computer

7. Bike shop & Loan bikes at reception

8. DESCRIPTION

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11. Success drivers and limiting factors
Total
Staff
Student
Monthly average
1484
234
1250
135
2000
118
1882
182
2291 58
2233
208
1490
169
1321
248
Cost
£3,600 12/13
£7,562 13/14
£7,000 est this year £140/bike
‘Lost’ 6 bikes due to theft in the 6 years we have been operating and all these were due to members not locking bikes.

12. Success drivers and limiting factors
Low operational costs because partner with a social enterprise
Utilises campus reception staff who are there anyway, system easy/intuitive to operate. Give out keys
Spokes students’ gain retail, workshop & computer back office skills plus H&S checks and bikes servicing
Synergistic with campus bike shop.
Will it work in a City?…..

13. Insights and Future Ideas

14. Expansion into e-bikes and across the City

15. Questions?
Katy Boom Director of Sustainability Twitter: UW sustainability Instagram: UW sustainability