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We asked Melburnians about shared e-scooters. Their responses point to alternatives to the city council’s ban

Melbourne City Council recently decided to ban shared e‑scooters. The council cited concerns for the safety of e‑scooter riders, other road users and pedestrians. The city still permits private e‑scooters.

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London borough threatens to clear Lime hire cycles from streets over abandoned e-bikes 'havoc'

Brent council has given the dockless bike operator until the end of October to address safety concerns or remove all 750 bikes that are currently permitted in the borough

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this weekend (September 6 – 8)

From a new basement bar in Tooting to a celebration of medical Marijuana, this is everything to see and do in London this weekend

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Brisbane e-scooter operator Beam loses licence over alleged breach of daily cap

City council alleges cap on scooter numbers ‘systematically exceeded’ by 500 a day but company ‘disagrees’ with claims, saying it is ‘reviewing options’

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Melbourne’s e-scooter wars escalate as neighbouring councils unite in support after city centre ban

Merri-bek, Darebin and Moonee Valley mayors back e-scooter hire schemes after Melbourne city council ejects the vehicles from the CBD

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne bans rental e-scooters for posing ‘unacceptable’ safety risk

Mayor says he is fed up with bad behaviour of some scooter users which is causing accidents

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Don't pull the plug on hire e-scooters, premier says

Premier Jacinta Allan has made a thinly veiled threat to the City of Melbourne council after it voted to shut down e-scooter operators in a matter of weeks.

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‘There is a role for e-scooters’: premier urges Melbourne council to reconsider ban

Jacinta Allan doesn’t rule out intervention after city council voted to ban rental e-scooters at Tuesday meeting

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OPINION - The London Question: why are our pavements littered with e-bikes?

Here is something that infuriates Londoners: e-bikes parked in the wrong place. In recent weeks there have been murmurings that Transport for London will launch a crackdown, demanding that all are parked in bays and stopping them from being left on pavements. According to reports, this could be in place…

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Melbourne council runs e-scooter trial off the footpath

The City of Melbourne will walk away from e-scooter hire contracts, leaving the hire companies with 30 days to shut the trial down.

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Melbourne bans e-scooter rentals as mayor says he has ‘run out of patience’

Lord mayor Nicholas Reece calls for ‘fundamental reset’ and says e-scooters present unacceptable safety risk

The Guardian - AU

Manhunt for masked serial sex attacker on Lime bike near Brent Cross station

The man targeted four women and allegedly dragged one into an alleyway

Evening Standard

New twist in row over e-bikes as London moves towards city-wide pavement parking ban

Rules restricting ‘free-floating’ parking of e-bikes could be in place by 2026

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Inside Forest's London cycle workshop: How firm keeps the wheels turning on 10,000 e-bikes

Behind-the-scenes look at challenge of meeting soaring demand from Londoners wanting to hire e-bikes

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Sadiq Khan appoints supporter who created '#YesWeKhan' as London deputy mayor for the environment

Mete Coban gets £147,000 City Hall job

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Do Four E-Scooters Make a Car? Someone Found Out

If balancing on one e-scooter is too difficult, why not put together a sketchy frame, add a seat and a Wii steering wheel, and drive 4 scooters like a car?

Evening Standard

E-scooter hire firm Voi threatens to pull out of 'too heavily regulated' London

The company says it could instead choose to deploy a fleet of 20,000 e-bikes across the capital as they face less strict rules

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Simplify e-bike rules and boost parking spaces to reduce 'clutter' on London's streets, report warns

Almost half of young Londoners use a rental e-bike at least once a week, survey data suggests

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Lime plotting £25m London e-bike expansion after company's scooters banned from Paris streets

Firm plans to expand services to three further boroughs and open a new warehouse

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How to live Harry Styles’ low-key London life: from Lime bikes to snogging in Soho

Harry Styles is just like us, really. Here’s how to follow in his laid-back London footsteps

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City of London police seize five illegal 'souped-up' e-bikes and scooters every week

The bikes are essentially turned into motorbikes

Evening Standard

London council pleads: 'Give us powers to crack down on abandoned e-bikes'

Westminster council says new legislation is 'missing link' in enabling boroughs to tackle lazily-parked hire bikes

Evening Standard

London's Lime bike epidemic: badly parked cycles are a scourge on the capital's streets

They have transformed the way we get about in our city but the sheer amount of discarded cycles strewn on our pavements has become an increasing menace. Robbie Griffiths reports

The Guardian - UK

Whose Lime is it anyway? How the green ebikes took over our streets

Are the tech giant’s bikes a convenient and sustainable form of transport or a menace clogging up pavements?

Evening Standard

Banksy stop sign: Metropolitan Police arrest man after Peckham theft

Men used bolt cutters to steal sign worth up to £500,000

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