Abandoned bicycles in your area
Case reference FOI2025/00398
Received 7 March 2025
Published 7 May 2025
Request
[Please provide the following information for each of the calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (to date): 1. The total number of abandoned bicycles reported to or identified by your authority. 2. The total number of abandoned bicycles collected/removed by your authority. 3. The total cost incurred by your authority for: a) Collection and removal of abandoned bicycles b) Storage of abandoned bicycles c) Disposal or recycling of abandoned bicycles d) Any other costs directly associated with managing abandoned bicycles 4. Details of your authority's policy regarding: a) How long a bicycle must appear abandoned before action is taken b) The process for determining if a bicycle is abandoned c) How long abandoned bicycles are stored before disposal d) What happens to abandoned bicycles after collection (e.g., returned to owners, auction, recycling, donation, disposed of as waste) 5. The number of abandoned bicycles that were: a) Returned to owners b) Sold at auction or otherwise c) Donated to charity or community initiatives d) Recycled or disposed of as waste 6. Any records of geographical hotspots for abandoned bicycles within your authority area. 7. Any identifiable trends in abandoned bicycle types between 2020 and 2025. 8. Details of any initiatives, campaigns or measures implemented by your authority to address the issue of abandoned bicycles. Format of Information I would prefer to receive this information electronically, in a machine-readable format (such as CSV or Excel) where appropriate, please. If one part of the request can be answered sooner than the others, please send that information first, followed by any subsequent data.
Response
Unfortunately Oxford City Council does not hold the information you require. I recommend you redirect your enquiry to Oxford Direct Services, by email, to freedomofinformation@odsgroup.co.uk, as they will be better placed to answer your request.
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