Had Ken Livingstone foreseen such a customer profile when he raised the idea of a cycle hire scheme?

Boris Johnson tries out a bike at the launch of London's cycle hire scheme, which is on course to make an operating profit.

The cycle hire scheme and the cable car, for instance - a couple of hundred million.

As of March 2013, there is an automated cycle hire scheme outside the south end of the station building.

Has London's cycle hire scheme been a capital idea?

He is also questioning Johnson's spending, attacking the Boris bus as a £10m vanity project and criticising the £79m cost of the cycle hire scheme.

Novelty loss hits Boris Johnson cycle hire scheme 2.

Boris Johnson launching the cycle hire scheme.

That's why you have a cycle hire scheme and the "superhighways".

Twelve months after its launch, London's cycle hire scheme has accounted for 6 million journeys across the capital.

Had Ken Livingstone foreseen such a customer profile when he raised the idea of a cycle hire scheme?

Boris Johnson tries out a bike at the launch of London's cycle hire scheme, which is on course to make an operating profit.

The cycle hire scheme and the cable car, for instance - a couple of hundred million.

As of March 2013, there is an automated cycle hire scheme outside the south end of the station building.

Has London's cycle hire scheme been a capital idea?

He is also questioning Johnson's spending, attacking the Boris bus as a £10m vanity project and criticising the £79m cost of the cycle hire scheme.

Novelty loss hits Boris Johnson cycle hire scheme 2.

Boris Johnson launching the cycle hire scheme.

That's why you have a cycle hire scheme and the "superhighways".

Twelve months after its launch, London's cycle hire scheme has accounted for 6 million journeys across the capital.