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 [...]
Lime to launch latest generation e-bikes in London this summer February 28, 2022 Micromobility giant Lime has announced it will bring its latest generation of e-bikes to London this summer. Replacing the company’s current bicycles, the new bikes will be endowed with a interchangeable swappable battery, which will be shared between the fleet and new generation e-scooters. The fleet will have an increased motor power as well as [...]
Britain’s most successful Olympian Jason Kenny retires February 24, 2022 Britain’s most successful Olympian Jason Kenny has retired from track cycling to become a coach. Kenny, 33, won seven gold medals and two silvers at four Olympic Games during an era of unparalleled dominance for British cyclists. He is taking up the role of national sprint coach as Team GB prepares for the Paris 2024 [...]
City workers jump on micromobility train as Lime rides increase in Square Mile following Bank branch closure February 23, 2022 City workers are jumping on the micromobility train using more and more e-scooters and e-bikes, according to Lime data. Following the closure of the Bank branch of the Northern Line, Lime has registered a 113 per cent increase in e-bike rides and, while e-scooter uptake has gone up 49 per cent. In stations close to [...]