Totton and Gosport Bikeshare
Supporting healthier lifestyle choices
Last update: February 2025
- Latest Update
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Approval has been given on 31 January 2025 to progress the delivery of a Bike Share Scheme in Totton and Gosport. Please read the Decision Report.
Hampshire County Council will be working with Voi to deliver approximately 100 e-bikes across a number of designated areas across Gosport and Totton. For further information on the operation of Bike Share Schemes please visit the Voi webpage.
A legal Section 115 Licence process will be undertaken for those locations on Hampshire’s highway land and agreements will be completed for those on Totton and Gosport Council land. This S115 process will comprise 28-day consultation with frontages and is anticipated to commence in Spring. Further updates will be provided here.
Once the S115 process has been completed successfully and responses assessed, it is anticipated that the e-Bike Scheme could be operational by the Summer 2025. - Scheme overview
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The aim of a Bike Share scheme is to offer easy and eco-friendly ways to get around by;
- Getting more people to ride bikes by making them easier to access;
- Offering a fair alternative to using cars for short trips;
- Helping reduce traffic and improve air quality;
- Supporting using different types of transportation;
- Encouraging people to get their own bike after trying the ones in the Hampshire Bikeshare (Totton & Gosport) scheme.
These two areas were chosen because:
- Totton and Gosport bikeshare will complement the bike schemes in Portsmouth and Southampton, allowing bikes to be used across different areas;
- Both areas are relatively flat, making it easier to cycle;
- Both areas have good or improved cycling paths and plans to make walking and cycling better with an adopted Local Cycling Walking Improvement Plan (LCWIP) in place;
- Each area already has a good number of people who cycle and a high potential for more people to start cycling.
- Funding Arrangements
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Following a bid coordinated by Solent Transport, in March 2020 the Government announced the award of funding for a Solent Future Transport Zone (FTZ) . The proposed scheme will be funded through the Solent Future Transport Zone (FTZ). This funding usually has conditions that strictly control on how, where and when it can be spent.
- Roadworks and Travel Advice
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Visit One.Network which is where the planned works are published and is an independent platform that allows real-time monitoring of all the UK’s roadworks and diversions.
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- Phone 0300 555 1388
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