The problem

• The Government’s Cycling & Walking Investment Strategy seeks to make cycling ‘the natural choices for the shorter journey, or as part of a longer journey’.
• 24% of people give up cycling as a result of the theft of their bike (Transport Research Laboratory 'Cycle Theft in Britain')
• £1 billion is to be spent by the Government over 2018/23 to encourage cycling (CWIS 1)
• £2 billion package to create new era for cycling and walking (9^th May 2020)
• Total loss from bicycle theft is put at £230 million by recent Home Office study
• There are an estimated 895 bike theft/day, and the Police advise that 4 times more bikes are stolen than reported.
• This brings the total number of bikes stolen/day to an estimated 4,475 - equivalent to nearly 3/minute
• 80% of bike thefts have locks on the bike when they are stolen

Our solution is Clamp-IT

• A unit that attaches to existing on-street Sheffield stands
• Is controlled via an app using RFID technology
• Is solar powered
• Will connect through WiFi where there is insufficient GPRS signal
• Will work under canopies and dedicated bike shelters
• Is free to the user