In message , at 19:50:47 on
Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Paul Corfield remarked:
I've never stumbled over a Boris-Bike rank on my various recent trips to
London[1], nor of course would I impose a bike on my fellow travellers
on the train to London.

Goodness - never?

Not on my recent trips, which have included quite large areas between
Euston, Kings Cross and Oxford Street.

They were deliberately located away from Main Line
stations so that will explain why you might not have immediately seen
one at St Pancras.

I use Kings Cross these days.

However I fall across the things all over Zone 1.

Looking at the map just now, I see there's a bike-rank at Warren St tube
Station, but I can honestly say it didn't register. Will look more
closely next time I'm there.

What I did see, was a pair of Electric Car charging points near Russell
Square, so I'm not entirely going around with my eyes closed!

ps As an out-of-towner who might be expected to use the Boris Bikes
instead of cluttering up a train, not having them at major railway
stations seems bizarre. If it's an issue of rationing them, then simply
tweak the charging system so that those ranks can only be used by
someone (say) once a week.
--
Roland Perry