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'Best cycling borough in outer London' promises to lift ban on e-bikes after eight-year wait

Lime, Forest and Voi all keen to launch in Waltham Forest - but Tories accuse Labour of pre-election ploy to prevent loss of votes to the Greens

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South London council turns 130 car parking spaces into e-bike bays to put brakes on pavement parking

Lambeth will require all e-bikes to be left in designated parking spaces under crackdown on dumped cycles

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E-bike wars: 'Checkpoint Charlie 2.0' fears as Lime loses out to Forest in London borough

Richmond Council gives Forest exclusive deal after it outbids Lime by £1million

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Revealed: The '£3million deal' that encouraged London council to ditch Lime bikes for rival operator

Richmond set to give Forest exclusive e-bike contract after it outbid Lime

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E-bike wars in London as Lime faces being forced out of Richmond after being outbid by Forest

Lime warns of ‘unintended consequences’ if its popular hire bikes cannot be used across south-west London

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Rising demand for e-scooter rental in London, TfL report finds

The trial has expanded significantly in the last year, with e-scooters now operating in 11 London boroughs

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'London needs a citywide e-bike and e-scooter licensing scheme now', ministers told

Transport minister ‘shares the concerns’ about e-bikes being dumped on pavements

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'Boris bikes' to be named after inspirational women cyclists to increase female ridership

1.5 million cycling trips a day are made in the capital - but only a third by women

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1,000 e-bikes seized by London council in crackdown on cycles dumped near Harrods

Kensington and Chelsea council says release fees from seized Lime, Forest and Voi bikes will fund more enforcement action

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E-bike firms at war as Hackney council agrees £93m deal with Lime and Voi but rejects Forest

Cheap rides promised for residents - but blow to hopes of implementing Londonwide set of e-bike rules

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Boris bikes fight back against Lime: £40m sponsorship deal keeps TfL scheme on the road until 2032

Number of e-bikes due to rise to 5,000 as Santander agrees to continue investing in London’s original hire bike scheme

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Lime bids to end 'Checkpoint Charlie' restrictions putting brakes on its e-bikes in west London

Exclusive: Hounslow councillors also searching for solution to enable cross-border hire bike rides to continue

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Glasgow to get 1000 new hire bikes to replace 'tired' nextbike fleet

Glasgow will get a new fleet of e-bikes for hire after councillors agreed to award a contract to Swedish firm Voi.

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Interactive map reveals London's confusing e-bike no-go zones as riders slam council’s 'insane' Lime ban

E-bike users have slammed Hounslow Council’s decision to ban Lime bikes in the borough as ‘insanity’

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5 things to know about Edinburgh's new bike hire scheme

EDINBURGH'S new cycle hire scheme will be run by Swedish company Voi, it has been announced

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On your bike! Lime booted out of west London borough after pavement parking complaints

Hounslow council ends trial with Lime and signs new deal with rival firms Forest and Voi

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Voi and Lime ‘in limbo’ as UK trials of e-scooter rentals extended again

Rental firms welcome extension until 2028 but urge government to bring forward legislation

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Lime withdraws from Brussels as Belgian capital puts brakes on e-bikes and scooters

The decision to introduce restrictions on the e-bike and scooter services in the Belgian capital had already been made in 2023, however Lime and Voi both contested the decision.

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Evening Standard

Lime and Forest fined £33,000 as TfL launches new crackdown on abandoned e-bikes

E-bike firm warns London has fallen behind Paris in setting rules for hire bikes

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Rental e-bike battle heats up as Voi expands trial in west London to compete with Lime and Forest

It comes amid growing concerns over poorly-parked dockless e-bikes and e-scooters obstructing pedestrians and road users

The Independent UK

London e-scooter trial extended to cover more of the capital after five million trips

There are now more than 4,000 e-scooters available to hire across a third of London boroughs

Evening Standard

TfL spends £1million on parking bays for e-bikes (as thousands more hire bikes due to arrive in London)

Voi to compete with Lime and Forest as designated bays are created on Red Routes after ‘Wild West’ concerns

Evening Standard

London e-scooter restrictions eased to reduce injuries caused by 'clipping'

TfL and borough councils have been working on ‘a revised approach’ to managing e-scooters, by reducing the use of geofencing

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Thousands more rental e-bikes set to come to London as new firm enters market

Voi, which already operates e-scooters in the capital, has said it wants to ‘generate as many rides as possible with as few vehicles as possible’

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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