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  • Lime pedals new flat fee pass for London’s delivery drivers

    Transport & Infrastructure

    Lime is piloting a new ‘delivery pass’ in London designed to give the capital’s growing number of food delivery cyclist cheaper access to its e-bike fleet, City AM understands. The new, reduced price package has landed on the app as concerns mount over the proliferation of illegal and unregulated bikes on the city’s streets. The [...]

    Lime faces growing scrutiny over its safety record.
  • Bolt expands London e-bikes ahead of Tube strike disruption

    Transport & Infrastructure

    Bolt is expanding its e-bike network across central and west London ahead of a fresh wave of Tube and bus strikes, City AM understands, to try ease pressure on the capital’s strained transport system. The ride-hailing firm said its bikes are now available in Westminster and Hammersmith & Fulham, adding to its existing presence in [...]

    Bolt's new e-bike scheme will charge users based on distance rather than time, a first for the industry in London.
  • Richmond council to consider Lime’s future in contract vote

    Transport & Infrastructure

    Richmond councillors will next week decide whether to force Lime out of the borough’s booming e-bike market, City AM understands, as riders are mobilised ahead of a crunch committee meeting that could reshape cycling across southwest London. Emails seen by City AM show Lime users have been invited to attend Monday evening’s transport and air [...]

    Richmond council meeting on Lime e-bikes contract decision, impacting southwest London cycling market
  • Haringey peddles two-bike model after Richmond Lime snub

    March 11, 2026

    Haringey has handed Forest and Lime a new four-year dockless e-bike contract, doubling down on a two-operator model just as Richmond moves in the opposite direction and edges towards pushing Lime out. The north London borough’s cabinet this week approved the appointment of two operators for an initial two-year term from 1 April 2026, with [...]

  • Private landowner sends Lime an £8k bill as e-bike row escalates

    December 16, 2025

    A London property firm has invoiced Lime nearly £8,000 for removing, storing and returning dockless e-bikes left on its private land, City AM understands, amid struggles to contain the capital’s bike clutter problem. Russell Gray, director of property firm Shiva Ltd, personally returned around ten Lime bikes to the firm’s depot on Thursday, handing staff [...]

  • London Councils urge e-bike firms to stick to borough contracts

    November 13, 2025

    The group London Councils has called on e-bike operators to respect local contracts and act “responsibly”, as friction deepens between boroughs and rental bike companies over parking and safety standards across the capital. The organisation, which represents London’s 32 boroughs and the City of London, warned that some firms continue to operate in areas without [...]

  • Lime bikes: UK sales spike as expansion continues

    October 7, 2025

    Turnover at the UK arm of shared bikes provider Lime has spiked as its expansion across London continues, it has been revealed. Lime Technology has reported a turnover of £111.3m for 2024, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. The total is up significantly from the £63.5m it achieved in 2023. However, the latest [...]

  • Lime boss defends e-bikes amid ‘lime bike leg’ concerns

    September 27, 2025

    Lime has become an unavoidable presence on London’s streets. Its distinctive green e-bikes are now the backbone of the capital’s micro-mobility network, with more than four million unique riders and tens of millions of trips recorded. The company has added 900 new parking bays this year alone as part of a “London Action Plan” designed [...]

  • Lime boss calls on UK businesses to ‘keep bikes off busy pavements’

    September 22, 2025

    Lime is calling on UK businesses to help tackle London’s e-bike congestion and the patchwork of borough regulations by providing dedicated parking bays for riders. The bright green bikes have become a symbol of London’s fractured cycling landscape. Yet, under the company’s ‘London action plan’, the micromobility giant claims firms could play a direct role [...]

  • Forest hikes e-bike prices amid fragmented London market

    August 20, 2025

    Forest, the e-bike operator recently licensed by Hounslow Council, has announced it is raising its “pay as you go” service fee by 50 per cent to £1.50, citing a doubling of the fees charged by London boroughs to operate. The price hike comes just weeks after City AM revealed that Hounslow Council awarded a lucrative [...]

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