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Love them or hate them, a UK government decision on e-scooters is well overdue

Despite local trials being cut short for safety concerns, regulation has been kicked down the road, says Oliver Wainwright, the Guardian’s architecture and design critic

The Guardian - UK

E-scooters stuck in legislation limbo as mood sours among Britons

Some champion their environmental impact, others point out potential dangers – but most agree regulation is needed

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - The Standard View: The West must do all it can to prevent a wider war

World leaders assembled for a phone call over the weekend with the difficult but essential aim of averting a wider conflict in the Middle East. They reiterated their support for Israel and its right to defend itself and also called for respect for international law, the release of hostages by…

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Lime bikes to overtake Boris bikes in London hire race

Lime bikes are proving increasingly popular with Londoners

Evening Standard

Dott: Dockless e-bike firm quits capital for Paris over ‘lack of control’

Dott will focus on e-scooters instead after criticising lack of regulation for hire bikes

Evening Standard

Lewisham becomes latest borough to create parking bays for Lime e-bikes

Riders who do not park in the designated bays will be unable to end their journey in the app

Evening Standard

Lime bike contractors snatch back cycles seized for blocking London roads

Police have been called in after contractors working for e-bike firm Lime went into a London council’s pound to snatch back dozens of cycles seized for blocking roads and pavements.

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Superpedestrian pulls out of Chicago scooter-rental market

The company blamed stiff competition with competitor Lyft, which operates the city’s Divvy short-term bike rental service.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lime reports over 1 million scooter rides in Chicago this year

The San Francisco-based company attributes part of the boom to the equity discount offered on the South and West sides.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paris Says Goodbye To Electric Scooter Rentals, E-Bike Sharing Encouraged

In Paris, France, electric scooter rentals have been officially banned, following a votation that saw 90 percent of participants in favor of the ban.

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Westminster council outlines plans for crackdown on dockless e-bikes littering streets

The new arrangement in the borough will be in place for an 18-month trial period

Evening Standard

Paris becomes first major European capital to ban rental e-scooters

Paris has become the first major European capital to ban rental electric scooters from its streets.

Evening Standard

Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets

Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.

Radio France Internationale

Melbourne e-scooters will ‘shout’ at riders in no-go areas, deputy mayor says

Nicholas Reece says council’s ‘technological solutions’ will crack down on ‘hoon behaviour’ such as riding on footpaths

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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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Evening Standard

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’

The Guardian - UK

‘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

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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

Nottingham Post

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Nottingham Post

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.

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