Forest swerves TfL’s e-scooter trial Transport and infrastructure Major bike lenders are snubbing Transport for London’s e-scooter rollout as the capital’s micromobility players question regulations around trials. TfL opened the bidding for the next phase of its e-scooter experiment last week. But major electric bike operators may snub the chance to introduce e-scooters into fleets of rental vehicles across the capital, City AM [...]
Private landowner sends Lime an £8k bill as e-bike row escalates Transport and infrastructure 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 [...]
Borough wars: London’s e-bike chaos is hurting its commuters Transport and infrastructure It’s an e-bike apocalypse out there, or at least it is if you’re trying to cross West London on two wheels. Hounslow Council’s recent decision to ban Lime, the capital’s most ubiquitous e-bike operator, has turned London’s meticulously planned cycle routes into a geopolitical minefield. The capital’s commuters are now finding themselves stranded at borough [...]
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 [...]
Forest’s Hounslow e-bike contract win sparks concerns over cash-first tender model July 31, 2025 Hounslow Council awarded one of its two e-bike contracts to the operator which offered them the highest fees despite scoring demonstrably lower than rivals on other metrics, City AM can reveal. The move, which has attracted fury from rival operators, lays bare the competing interests of cash-strapped local authorities as they weigh which criteria to prioritise [...]
Bolt vs Lime: Uber rival to launch e-bikes in London June 18, 2025 Bolt has unveiled plans to introduce electric bikes in London this summer, challenging Lime’s near-monopoly in the capital. The Estonian ride-hailer, which is the largest e-scooter and bike provider in Europe, will launch its London service in August under close supervision from Transport for London (TfL) and local councils. The move makes Bolt the first [...]
City of London seizes dockless e-bikes in Lime and Forest crackdown February 10, 2025 The City of London Corporation has seized more than a hundred dockless e-bikes as part of a crackdown against operators’ Lime and Forest. The Square Mile’s local authority said it had confiscated bikes that were found to have obstructed or caused immediate danger to others, over a two-week enforcement period. The bikes were stored in [...]
London e-bike battle heats up as Forest strikes partnership to take on Lime December 12, 2024 Forest is looking to claw back market share from its larger London rival Lime, which is the only other e-bike operator in the capital.
Square Mile to ramp up efforts against ‘menace’ of Lime and Forest bikes October 11, 2024 The City of London corporation is also lobbying for legislation, namely the introduction of a pan-London contract for micromobility operators.
Forest double down and demand refereeing rule changes from PGMOL April 22, 2024 Nottingham Forest doubled down on their discontent with the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) last night, demanding rules must be changed to stop officials from working on matches which involve teams battling for league position with clubs they support. It comes after the Premier League club accused VAR Stuart Attwell of being “a Luton [...]