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  "textContent": "Lime e-bikes have Marmite for Londoners, with bad parking on pavements giving grey hairs (Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire)\n\nA London borough and Lime have announced new measures to target rogue e-bike parking blocking pavements.\n\nE-bikes strewn across pavements have become a familiar sight in London in recent years, with calls growing louder for solutions to tackle the problem.\n\nLast year, the situation in Islington escalated to the point that the borough threatened e-bike operators they would be kicked out of the area if they didn’t address issues like obstructive parking and nighttime noise.\n\nNow Lime and Westminster council have signed a new deal designed to keep pavements clear of badly parked dockless e-bikes in the borough.\n\nExtra Lime bikes nearly parked up during the September Tube strikes in central London (Picture: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock)\n\nAs part of the measures, Lime has promised to share real-time details on bike numbers and locations across the eight square miles of Westminster.\n\nThis is designed to help provide extra parking spaces at hotspot locations and to even out bike distribution before they become a nuisance.\n\nLime is expected to send operational teams to hotspots thanks to the live data and complaints made by residents and businesses.\n\nPressure has been cranked up on riders themselves, too, after Lime announced fines for riders who flout the parking rules across London.\n\nPOLL\n\nPoll\n\n### Are dockless e-bikes a problem where you live?\n\n  * Yes, the pavements are often blockedCheck\n\n  * No, I wish there were more of themCheck\n\n  * My borough doesn't have themCheck\n\n\n\n\nRiders who repeatedly park outside the permitted spaces face fines ranging from £2 to £10.\n\nRepeat offenders could be banned from using Lime bikes.\n\nCouncillor Paul Swaddle, the newly elected leader of Westminster council, said: ‘It is no secret that carelessly parked dockless bikes are a key concern for local people and my administration has made tackling this issue an early priority.\n\n##  Latest London news\n\n  * London Tube strikes – full list of affected lines and exact time they will start\n  * Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker banned from visiting UK for SXSW hours before festival kick-off\n  * London’s ‘most luxurious’ secret garden is reopening — with strict rule for visitors\n\n\n\n_**To get the latest news from the capital, visit Metro's** London news hub._\n\n‘I am pleased Lime are working with us to manage this issue. Dockless bikes are now a major way of getting around the City, and we want people to have that choice. We need to match that with keeping pavements clear and ensuring parking bays are well managed.\n\nTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\n‘Working more closely with Lime, I am hopeful we can build a much more accurate hour-by-hour intelligence picture of where bikes are and stop issues before they arise.’\n\nLime has vowed to invest in bike parking in the borough, along with a boost to its on-street patrollers who are out seven days a week.\n\nJack McKenna, Lime’s senior policy manager, said: ‘We are delighted to be working with the new leadership of Westminster Council to further strengthen our partnership. We’re continuing to invest in e-bike parking in the borough, and will be strengthening our on-street team of parking patrollers who work seven days a week tidying and removing excess bikes in busy locations.\n\n‘As e-bike usage in Westminster continues to grow, working with Cllr Swaddle and his team on a collective approach on a localised, ward level will enable us to tackle hotspot areas, deliver parking bays and ensure that our service works for everyone in Westminster, whether they are a cyclist or not.’\n\nWhile dockless e-bikes have attracted criticism, they have also become a lifeline for commuters during disruptions like Tube strikes.\n\nDuring the April strikes, demand for Lime and Forest bikes soared, with Lime recording a 23% rise in trips during the April Tube drivers’ walkout.\n\nIn Richmond, the borough has faced backlash after switching to Lime’s rival operator, Forest.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Lime bike riders who dump cycles in central London could face £10 fines"
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