Glasgow Cycle Hire name/branding change (OVO -> nextbike)?

[Robert_Whittaker]

We’ve got a number of bike docking stations mapped in Glasgow with brand:wikidata=Q120450856:

http://overpass-turbo.eu/?w=%22brand:wikidata%22=%22Q120450856%22+global&R

Most (if not all) of these have brand=OVO Bikes. But I’ve just noticed that the wikidata label for Q120450856 has changed to “nextbike Glasgow”. Does this reflect a real change on the ground, and do we therefore need to update the brand tags?

From what I can tell the service has been run by nextbike for some time, but OVO were the title sponsors in a 3-year deal that started in summer 2021: https://www.nextbike.co.uk/en/news/free-rides-as-nextbike-welcomes-ovo-energy-as-new-scheme-sponsor-in-glasgow/ . But presumably that’s now ended, as there doesn’t seem to be any OVO branding on Affordable bike share in Glasgow | nextbike by TIER - Glasgow now.

Is there anyone with local knowledge that can confirm the change?

[purpleotteruk (Purpleotter)]

Hey there,

Happy to confirm that all Ovo branding has been removed and now just plain nextbike with people make Glasgow on the bikes themselves

[Robert_Whittaker]

Many thanks @purpleotteruk .

I guess that means we should update the brand=* and brand:wikidata=* tags on bike hire infrastructure tags. We probably need some sort of automated editor proposal, and then its implementation. Is there anyone local to Glasgow that fancies taking that on?