E-bike parking on Wandsworth town centre pavements to be banned in council crackdown
Charlotte Lillywhite - Local Democracy ReporterJun 26, 2024
Riders will be banned from abandoning e-bikes on busy town centre pavements in a South London borough under a new scheme. Wandsworth Council will…
Council is bringing in fines for people dumping e-bikes
Alicia Curry - Local Democracy ReporterSep 4, 2023
Westminster City Council is bringing in fines for people dumping e-bikes outside designated zones in order to “clean up” streets. Approximately 220 new parking…
Council leader admits they ‘haven’t removed any e-bikes’ yet
Isabel RamirezJul 26, 2023
The council leader, who wrote to operators a month ago stating they would remove and charge them for inappropriately placed e-bikes, says they have…
London sees 60 per cent rise in e-bike fires this year
Noah Vickers - Local Democracy ReporterJun 29, 2023
London has seen a 60 per cent rise in the number of fires caused by e-bike batteries so far this year, compared with the…
Southwark Council says they ‘will remove and charge’ e-bike operators for blocked roads and pavements
Isabel RamirezJun 14, 2023
Council officers will now step in and remove e-bikes that obstruct roads and paths, whilst issuing a charge to operators, following an increase in…