OREANDA-NEWS. The results of the first days of operation of the Velobike City Bicycle Hire Service Project which is implemented by the Bank of Moscow in co-operation with the Transport and Road Infrastructure Development Department of Moscow show that over 5000 users have registered on www.velobike.ru. 2500 out of them have already used the hire service (according to the data received on 3 June).

The biggest number of bike rides fell on Saturday, 1 June, accounting for about 1500 rides with about 1000 rides on Sunday, 2 June. On 31 May, the official opening day of the hire service, about 700 rides were made.

A most popular tariff was a 1 day hire bought by about 2000 users, a monthly subscription was bought by over 400 people and a seasonal subscription was bought by over 500 people.

To date 15 bicycles were subjected to vandalism and are currently being repaired. As of 3 June 4 bicycles were stolen from the stations. The thieves just sawed the parking rod that connected the bicycle with the parking frame. An application to the law enforcement authorities has been submitted with regard to the above facts.