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Wandsworth Council has introduced a new Fair Use Charter for e-bike and e-scooter operators, aimed at tackling obstructive parking, improving safety and taking stronger enforcement action so that the schemes work better for all residents. The Charter aims to hold operators to account for their hire e-bikes and scooters in …

Lime, the largest global shared micromobility business, celebrates the opening of its expanded San Francisco headquarters today, following the company’s biggest single day of ridership in the city during Fleet Week. On Saturday, October 10, Lime riders took over 23,000 trips in San Francisco, a record that more than doubled …

Lime has today announced it has so far awarded nearly £1m to nine London boroughs to support the creation and improvement of nearly 600 e-bike parking bays across the capital. The new bays are part of Lime’s efforts to work with boroughs to tackle overcrowding of existing bays and poor …

UK employees can now access shared e-bikes through Cyclescheme, thanks to a new partnership between BHN Extras and Lime. The partnership  gives employees a more affordable way to commute by e-bike, with eligible workers able to save between 28% and 47% on an annual Lime subscription through Cyclescheme. The partnership brings Lime’s e-bikes …

Transport for London (TfL), in partnership with participating London boroughs and operators Lime and Voi, has launched Phase 3 of the capital’s rental e-scooter trial. The new phase will run for an initial two-year term, subject to Department for Transport (DfT) timescales, and will continue to provide Londoners with a …

More than 2,500 tickets have been booked for this year’s London Cycling Festival, which will take place on Sunday, September 20, with free cycling events planned across 28 boroughs. Run by London Cycling Campaign and London’s councils, with support from Lime, Voi and the Zero Emissions Network, the festival will …

British mobility tech startup Tyred has launched an AI-native, IoT-connected insurance service designed to offer behavior-based pricing and overhaul risk assessment for individual cyclists and micromobility fleets. Authorized by the FCA and initially rolling out in the UK, the platform aims to replace traditional, static underwriting metrics—such as rider postcodes—with …

Fancy a treasure hunt around London? Brompton, the London-based maker of the original folding bike, is putting a cycling spin on the classic treasure hunt. Hiding across London are three limited-edition ‘Golden Tickets’ in Brompton Bike Hire lockers, ahead of this year’s Brompton World Championships. Each Golden Ticket is a …

Cycling UK is challenging Merseyrail’s decision to ban non-folding e-bikes from its entire network, due to the devastating effect a blanket ban would have on some of the region’s residents, particularly older and disabled people. The charity says the ban will worsen isolation, wellbeing and household finances, as it limits …

Bolt, the European shared mobility platform, today launched Wheels4Wheels, a project that gives wheelchair users reliable, street-level information about whether a route is actually passable. Built to reduce the everyday barriers wheelchair users face when navigating cities, it repurposes sensors already fitted to Bolt’s scooters to collect the accessibility data …