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GVs of the launch of the scheme in central London
12:39pm Fri 30 Jul 10
A cycle hire scheme got under way today with London mayor Boris Johnson hailing it as "a new dawn for the bicycle in the capital". Overlooked by the London Eye on the south bank of the River Thames, Mr Johnson was at one of the 400 central London docking stations where 6,000 hire cycles will be stored.
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