Liam 
In today’s lesson about integrating public transport, new technologies and private providers, and accessibility in urban design, here are two pictures: one is a kerb bus stop and the other is a major pedestrian underpass
thefathippyI haven't hired a bike here, but have elsewhere. In the US, bikes were unlocked from storage racks with a credit card, & I stopped being charged only when I locked it back into another storage rack. Seems *fairly* simple, & I saw very few "abandoned" bikes (unlike in Sydney).
I think something similar applied with borrie bikes in London. In Spain & Amsterdam we hired from, and returned the bikes to a shop.