World’s first EV ‘dark hub’ opens in Leicester Square to help delivery industry go green June 22, 2022 The world’s first “dark hub” for small electric vehicles (EVs) has opened today in London to help the delivery industry reduce its carbon footprint. Launched as a partnership between technology company Port and parking operator Q-Park, the Leicester Square hub will allow delivery firms to rent electric vehicles – including e-bikes, mopeds and scooters – [...]
Lime expects boost in users as next week’s strikes bring London to a halt June 16, 2022 E-scooter giant Lime said today that it is expecting a surge in demand next week as rail and tube workers are set to go on strike and bring London’s transport network to a standstill. “The last time there was a tube strike in London, we saw trips on that day increase by more than 95 [...]
E-bike start-up HumanForest crowns May busiest month with 150,000 trips completed in London June 7, 2022 E-bike start-up HumanForest has recorded its busiest month ever, as 150,000 trips were completed in May across London. May ridership numbers surged from the 40,000 and 80,000 recorded in March and April respectively. “The huge growth in e-bike usage across London is a credit to the local councils who have worked tirelessly to bring schemes [...]
TfL extends London’s e-scooter trial until November to continue testing the vehicles May 19, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has announced it will extend its e-scooter trial from 6 June until 20 November. The project, which started in June 2021, was expanded under Department for Transport (DfT) guidance to gather data on usage as well as safety. “We are delighted to be extending our successful London e-scooter pilot in collaboration [...]
Giro d’Italia: Peloton ready to depart in first Grand Tour of year May 3, 2022 Cycling’s first Grand Tour of the year begins on Friday when the 105th Giro d’Italia peloton gets ready to embark around the boot-shaped Mediterranean nation. Here is everything you need to know about the race for the pink jersey. Giro route Like the Tour de France often does, this year’s Giro will start beyond the [...]
Londoners will receive two free rides on Lime’s e-scooters as part of local election push April 28, 2022 Londoners will be entitled to two free rides on Lime’s e-scooters as part of the company’s push to encourage voting in the UK local elections. By using a promotional code, voters in London, Milton Keynes and Salford could ride for free to and from polling stations. “Lime is proud to be providing voters with a [...]
London boost for Lime as Uber includes e-scooters offering April 22, 2022 Lime e-scooters are available to hire via the Uber app, the two companies announced today. The e-scooter offering – available for Londoners and those living in Milton Keynes – follows that of e-bikes, which already already available on the app. Prices will start at £1 to unlock, charing between 15p and 19p per minute to [...]
Ed Warner: Docuseries triumph may drive wedge between media and sport April 14, 2022 “Please please please please just go away!” The letter writer signed off with his PS in green ink, only months into my stint as chair of UK Athletics in the days before tweets were a thing. I wish I’d kept it, the only time I’ve seen green ink scrawled in cliched anger. Sports leaders are [...]
Victoria to become first regional host of the Commonwealth Games in 2026 April 12, 2022 The Australian state of Victoria has been selected to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The Games, to be staged in Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo, Ballarat and Gippsland, will be the first to take place predominantly in a region rather than a single city. The last edition took place in Australia four years ago and organisers have [...]
Ed Warner: Trans debate has echoes of Semenya legal row but ‘meaningfulness’ may be buzzword April 7, 2022 It’s a pity Emily Bridges was blocked from competing in the National Omnium Championships in Derby last weekend. Yes, the cyclist would have been at the centre of an unsavoury media scrum, but we would have gathered one more valuable data point with which to try and balance the febrile debate about transgender women in [...]