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The 50 euro motorcycle repair loose voucher program crashed as soon as it came up, and still had disruptions 8 hours later.
As a component of the Prime Minister’s $2 billion program to encourage active travel, the government has awarded 50,000 Fix Your Bike coupons to be used for popular maintenance and component replacement in England.
The website, fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.org.uk, is scheduled to move online Tuesday night at 11:45 p.m.
However, initial efforts on the site only sent an “Error 404” message, and it is still a problem at the time of writing this article.
The scale of the challenge was temporarily obvious when cyclists turned to social media to express their disappointment.
The volume of court cases, such that the hashtag #FixYourBikeVoucherScheme has become the number one trend on Twitter in the UK within 90 minutes of the site’s planned launch.
The online page, however, began to be posted to other people around 4 a.m., mistakes persist for others.
One cyclist wrote: “This sums up how erased this government is. First, you tell other people that there are only 50k PUIS coupons you tell them that you are the first to arrive, first to be served. What do you think’s going to happen? have absolute Muppets in charge.
Another added: “Well, there’s a surprise, the coupon program” Repair your motorcycle “has already flexed due to pressure from other people who didn’t reach 50 euros off. Well, I’m not going to have any trouble riding a motorcycle now. Is. “
Originally, coupons were scheduled to be available in June, but the Department of Transportation (DfT) said last month that they would only be delivered once maintenance workshops handle the expected increase in demand.
The 2 billion pound investment, announced in February, also includes thousands of kilometres of new motorcycle lanes, cycling training, making electric motorcycles more available and creating the UK’s first emission-free shipping city.
Other measures include strengthening the road code, legal protections, extending truck protection standards, and collaborating with police and shops to combat bike theft.
On a stopover in Nottingham, Johnson said, “You may spend more and this is the most ambitious package ever created: 2 billion pounds.”
“What we’re going to do is create thousands of miles of protected motorcycle lanes. In fact, I think protected motorcycle lanes are essential to give other people the confidence they need, to many other very brave or confident cyclists. . “
He added: “What I’m also going to see is more pictures for motorists to perceive that we’re all going to outsource the roads, outsource them to cyclists, so be respectful, be courteous.
“Things have moved on, but there is still much to be done.”
The 2 billion pound investment announced in February.
Labour’s shadow cycling minister Kerry McCarthy said: “Conservative ministers have been delayed and have failed to seize the opportunity this crisis has created.
“While the investment is welcome, cyclists will rightly get involved about how long it will take to implement those plans.”
DfT figures show that there has been an increase in cycling after the coronavirus outbreak.
Compared to the day of the first week of March, the use of the bicycle almost doubled during the weekend of 18 and 19 July.
On Monday, July 20, the recent maximum day of the week for which it is known, showed cycling at 146% of the pre-blocking levels.