The locations of Greenwich’s first dockless hire bike parking bays have been quietly released by the council – with a warning that they will be made compulsory for Lime bike users. Plans to strike a deal with Lime about creating bays were finally confirmed last month, three years after the San Francisco-based tech giant started […]
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Greenwich Council set to finally strike Lime bike parking deal after two years
Greenwich Council is poised to sign a deal to create parking bays for Lime bikes in part of the borough – two years after plans to try to regulate the dockless cycles were first announced. Lime will pay the council £30,000 plus £170 per parking bay created as part of a one-year trial. However, only […]
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Lime bike rival Forest takes root in Greenwich and Lewisham
A second dockless hire bike operator has moved into Greenwich borough to compete with Lime – but with no agreement on creating bays where users can park their cycles. Forest bikes started to appear across the borough of Lewisham and parts of Greenwich last month. Its bikes can be cheaper than Lime for shorter trips […]
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Ban Lime bikes from Greenwich if it doesn’t clean up its act, councillors demand
Greenwich Council could back a call to ban Lime bikes in the borough next week after two frustrated councillors spoke out against the company for not taking action against riders dumping their bikes on pavements. Since summer 2023 the council has been due to sign an agreement with Lime that would mean users would have […]
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Deal for Lime bike parking bays in Greenwich could come soon
Plans for dedicated parking bays for hired e-bikes could finally be signed off this summer – a year after Greenwich Council first confirmed plans for them. A deal with Lime, whose bikes are often found dumped around the northwest of the borough, has been in the offing since June last year. Documents on an obscure […]
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Parking bays coming to Lewisham in crackdown on dumped Lime bikes
Lime bike users will have to leave their bikes in designated bays in the borough of Lewisham in future as the council tries to crack down on dumped bikes cluttering up pavements. The hire company has committed to removing dumped bikes within 12 hours once they are reported – and within two hours if they […]
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Greenwich plans parking bays to combat scourge of dumped Lime bikes
Greenwich Council is set to sign a deal which aims to end the scourge of abandoned hire bikes in the borough – including installing dedicated parking bays. Lime bikes have been a familiar sight in the northwest of the borough for the past year, with scores of them available for hire in parts of Greenwich, […]
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We want to help Greenwich Council with dockless bikes, Lime says
The company behind the Lime dockless bikes that have returned to the streets of Greenwich says it wants to work with the council on creating places where users can park their bikes without cluttering pavements. Scores of the bikes have appeared in Greenwich, Blackheath and Charlton, although Lime says it has not officially launched the […]
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