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Presumably the first link was intended to link [1] which says Australia's mandatory helmet laws reduced cycling by "30-40% overall, and up to 80% in some demographic groups"

It also claims that "MHLs are the main reason for the failure of Australia’s two public bike hire schemes. Brisbane and Melbourne are the only two cities in the world with helmet laws to have attempted public bike hire. While schemes in places like Paris, London, Montreal, Dublin and Washington DC have flourished, Brisbane and Melbourne have amongst the lowest usage rates in the world."

Presumably in editing, the article's two mentions of cycle hire schemes got confused.

[1] https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=173283f8-7b1c-4...