Forth Valley provides free bikeshare for essential workers

Forth Environment Link and Recyke-a-Bike have joined forces with Cycling Scotland to make the region’s two bike share schemes, nextbike and Forth Bike, free to essential workers during April. 100 free memberships are being made available for each bike hire scheme, giving 200 essential workers across Forth Valley free access to 200 nextbikes and 120 Bewegen Forth Bikes for a month – with the potential to extend the scheme. The initiative will allow essential workers to get to and from work without using public transport during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis; as well as keep the fleet on the road for regular users looking to keep fit during the lockdown.