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A sunny, dry Thursday this month gave Dublin Bikes its busiest day ever

The service has also reached the milestone of 50,000 subscribers.

DUBLIN BIKES HAS recorded its busiest day so far, after it was used for more than 15,000 journeys earlier this month.

The scheme, which recently had a name change after Coca-Cola Zero came on board as a sponsor, has also now reached the key milestone of 50,000 subscribers.

The managing director of JCDecaux, Joanne Grant, said this demonstrates “the overwhelming success of our business model”.

She noted that membership has so far increased 40% from last year.

The service, now in its fifth year, has been used for over eight million journeys, and has recently launched a massive expansion, doubling the number of stations and trebling the number of bikes.

But what sparked the busiest day? Just over 15,400 journeys were made using a Dublin Bike on October 2nd.

A spokesperson for Dublin City Council commented that the peak usage was also in October last year, possibly due to students returning to capital (presumably filled with good intentions of taking up cycling).

Data from Met Éireann shows that temperatures remained in the mid-to-high teens for most the day and into the evening. There was also minimal, if any, rainfall recorded.

Of course, there’s also a lot more bikes on Dublin’s roads as well.

“We are now seeing more and more cyclists in the capital,” Philip Maguire from the Council’s Planning and Development Department said.

The availability of the additional bikes and stations has made the city more accessible and it’s great to see so many people using our bikes and their own bikes as a quick and healthy way to get around the city.

The scheme was originally due to be rolled out to Limerick, Galway, and Cork by this autumn, but this has now been delayed.

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    Mute John Flood
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 9:18 PM

    A great service. Well worth the €20 annual fee.

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    Mute Thesedublin
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 9:29 PM

    it is a great idea, pity the amount of idiots that can’t cycle in traffic around town on them, red light sure i go right through when people are crossing, gives the rest of us a bad name

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    Mute Lorem Ipsum
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 10:02 PM

    I like how your comment started out super positive and turn rapidly went downhill

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    Mute Tom Red
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 9:22 PM

    Hopefully drug dealers aren’t using these bikes for drug pedalling?……

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    Mute Paperboy2
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 9:30 PM

    They all do because they like using the gear(s)…

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    Mute Ablitive
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    Oct 24th 2014, 12:44 AM

    Their movements can be tracked, Apart from smart card logging on and off each bike also has a GSM tracking chip / sim that can pinpoint its location within 10 feet anywhere in the country on a computer screen.

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    Mute Marko Burns
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    Oct 24th 2014, 12:01 AM

    How about some decent cycle lanes?

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    Mute Shite sticks
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 10:39 PM

    Every time you walk past one, take a coca cola sticker off it, if we all do it they will be gone soon

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    Mute Cpm
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    Oct 24th 2014, 11:51 AM

    Why?

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    Mute Luke Pepper
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 11:32 PM

    Can someone explain to me – is it just a €20 fee per annum or €20 fee to join and then a charge for the amount of time used?

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    Mute Boo!-Fight the Board
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 11:41 PM

    €20 pa. Free for the first 30 min. Thereafter its a couple of euro per hour. Most trips are under 30 min tho….ive never gone over.

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    Mute Tony O Connor
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 11:33 PM

    Why the delay in rolling it out in Limerick, Galway and Cork anyone know?

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    Mute Mike
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    Oct 24th 2014, 1:02 PM

    Cork has them already I think. I read a report last year about them. Red and black bikes.

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