Cash from Lime and Forest is funding a roll-out of cycle hire parking bays across much of Greenwich borough, which will – officially – bring the bikes to Eltham and Plumstead for the first time. Greenwich Council announced the plan for 108 new bays last week, building on an initial set of 29 announced in […]
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Lime and Forest warned over abandoned bikes in Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Lime and Forest have been warned over the number of hire bikes abandoned by their customers in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport, Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, said that if they did not address the situation, it would “bring into question whether or not they are fit to operate in our borough”. […]
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Greenwich’s first 29 Lime bike bays confirmed – with Forest set to join too
Greenwich Council will finally introduce an initial 29 parking bays for Lime bikes – and is set to sign an agreement so Forest bike users will have to use them too. Plans to introduce 55 locations were revealed in August last year, mostly in Deptford, Greenwich and Blackheath, but objections by residents mean this total […]
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First locations revealed for Greenwich Lime bike parking bays
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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