According to the council, the most popular parking locations for Lime and Forest e-bikes include Ebury Street in Pimlico, Exhibition Road in Kensington, Norfolk Square and Cumberland Gate near Hyde Park, Praed Street in Paddington, Curzon Street, John Prince’s Street, Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, Great Marlborough Street, Baker Street, Northumberland Avenue, and Thayler Street in Marylebone.
“The option of reverting to dockless bike companies operating a total free-floating parking model with no parking infrastructure and designated parking spaces is not recommended, as it would be ineffective in addressing the issues caused by irresponsible dockless bike parking,” council documents said.
Actor Timothee Chalamet said he was fined £65 by Lime after failing to park aLime bike properly after cycling to the London premiere of A Complete Unknown - though Lime suggested he may have used “artistic licence” in telling the story, as it issues fines to first offenders and does not charge as much as £65.
Almost 200 car parking spaces in central London are to be permanently converted into parking bays for dockless e-bikes in a bid to stop them being dumped on pavements.
Transport for London and London Councils, which represents the 33 boroughs, were trying to develop a pan-London scheme that would have set rules for dockless hire bikes and hire e-scooters.
