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Lime calls for 10,000 e-bike bays across London to help tackle problem parking

Councils have been inundated with complaints about rental electric bikes blocking pavements

Evening Standard

Lime tests scooters with seats in Chicago

Electric scooter-rental company Lime is testing out models with seats in Chicago to help boost ridership while giving riders’ legs a rest.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fresh action to stop rental e-bikes being abandoned on pavements in central London

Camden council has signed contracts with two dockless e-bike firms, Lime and Human Forest, that include requirements for poorly parked bikes to be moved ‘swiftly’

Evening Standard

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‘What sprocket left that bike there?’ My life as a pedestrian in badly behaved Britain

I’m all for cycle hire schemes, but nothing brings out the grumpy old man in me like e-bikes strewn across the pavement

The Guardian - UK

West End cyclists will have to park e-bikes in bay to halt clutter

Westminster council is drawing up plans with bike hire firms which will effectively turn some key streets into e-bike-free zones

Evening Standard

I tried Nottingham's new Lime e-bikes and it was an absolute thrill

The bike needed little pedalling

Nottingham Post

Anger at new Nottingham electric bikes 'littering streets' as bad riders to be fined and banned

Lime electric bikes, which can be rented on a pay-as-you-go basis, were launched across the city on Friday, April 14

Nottingham Post

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Cycle hire: how poor parking put a spoke in the wheel of city schemes

The boom in e-bike rental schemes may be good for the planet, but dumped bikes have become a dangerous urban blight

The Guardian - UK

Letters: 'I would like to know where in Nottingham is safe for pedestrians to walk'

Readers have their say on new e-bike scheme

Nottingham Post

New e-bikes a 'positive' for Nottingham city centre

They're available on a pay-as-you go basis

Nottingham Post

Nottingham e-bikes operator explains why devices do not include helmet

The bikes are available to hire across the city on a pay-as-you-go basis from Friday, April 14.

Nottingham Post

New fleet of electric bikes rolled out across Nottingham

The bikes are available to hire across the city on a pay-as-you-go basis

Nottingham Post

The city that pioneered electric scooters will take them off the street—and big rental operators are fuming

Lime, Dott, and Tier Mobility SE all said they believed Paris officials deliberately designed a referendum that seemed guaranteed to result in a ban.

Fortune

Paris votes to become first EU capital to ban rental e-scooters

Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners. But turnout was low.

Radio France Internationale

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Reuters

Paris to ban e-scooters from September

Paris will ban electric scooters from September 1, the French capital's mayor said, after the public voted to remove them from the streets, however e-scooter operators said on Monday they hoped to stop the plan.

France 24

Parisians vote to ban self-service e-scooter rentals from French capital

Parisians voted Sunday in a referendum to ban self-service e-scooter rentals in the French capital. While they have become commonplace since they were first introduced in 2018, a rising accident toll has hardened attitudes towards the "trottinette".

The Independent UK

No more room for vroom? Paris votes on banishing e-scooters

The wheels may be about to come off Paris’ experiment with for-hire electric scooters

France 24

'A polarised debate': Paris to vote on banning self-service e-scooters

Self-service e-scooters have become commonplace on the streets of Paris since they were first introduced five years ago, but irresponsible use and a rising accident toll have hardened city hall’s attitude towards the popular mode of transport. On April 2 residents in the capital will vote on whether to ban…

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The Guardian - UK

E-scooters: a tale of two cities as London and Paris plot different paths

London seems to be slowly embracing the rental scooters but in Paris the love affair with trottinettes looks over

The Guardian - UK

Lime criticised for offering free rides before Paris e-scooter referendum

Deputy mayor objects to incentive of free 10-minute rides to those who sign up to electoral register

AAP

Drivers asked to go without a car in Uber experiment

Fifty Australian drivers will be paid to go without their own car for a month in a social experiment designed to accelerate transport trends.

Evening Standard

Car 20mph speed limit could make cities safer, says Lime scooter boss

Wayne Ting, the company’s chief executive, claimed that ‘slowing down’ cars could improve safety

InsideEVs

Paris Police Report More Than 400 E-Scooter Accidents In 2022

In 2022, there were more than 400 accidents involving electric scooters which resulted in more than 450 injuries, and unfortunately, three deaths.

Nottingham Post

New fleet of 700 Nottingham e-bikes will be a 'leisurely travel solution'

The bikes are set to be rolled out in the coming months

AAP

Kyrgios could cop fine over e-scooter ride

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios will be spoken to by Victoria Police after being busted riding an electric scooter without wearing a helmet in central Melbourne.

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