'Good service on all Limes': E-bike hire firm revels in Tube strike cycling surge Millions of bicycle trips have been made this week as Londoners look to beat the week-long Tube strike Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2025
Lime bike trips spike as Londoners seek alternative travel amid Tube strikes Lime revealed a more than 50% jump in trips during rush hour traffic on Monday and Tuesday. Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025
‘Please don’t hit me!’ The battle between ebikers and other cyclists Ebike rentals are thought to have reduced car use – but caused consternation among some pedestrians and other road users. How can everyone get along? The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2025
First look inside Lime's new e-bike warehouse in London as firm reveals expansion plans Car parking spaces need to be reallocated to cyclists to help tackle problem of bikes dumped on pavements, says Lime policy chief Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024
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… Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024
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 Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024
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? The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024
Lime bikes to overtake Boris bikes in London hire race Lime bikes are proving increasingly popular with Londoners Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023
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 · Aug 10, 2023
London council vows to seize Lime e-bikes blocking its streets in ultimatum Wandsworth Council says bikes have blocked busy streets around rail stations and Tube stations Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2022
‘I know they’re exciting – but calm down!’ Britain’s love-hate affair with the e-scooter There are more than 750,000 private e-scooters in the UK, most of them being used illegally. Why have they become so popular – and so disliked? The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2022