London Sets Out Citywide E-Bike Licensing Vision - Cities Today

E-bike giants back Khan bid to end London 'Wild West'

London’s leading e-bike operators have backed Sadiq Khan’s bid to end the capital’s regulatory ‘Wild West’ while piling pressure on the government to get a long-awaited city-wide licensing regime into force. Lime, Forest and Voi welcomed new plans to replace London’s borough-by-borough wars with a single framework overseen by Transport for London (TfL), after years [...]

London sets out citywide e-bike licensing vision - Cities Today

London mayor Sadiq Khan has set out plans for a citywide licensing framework for dockless e-bikes, replacing separate borough rules.

Sadiq Khan announces London-wide crackdown on e-bikes 'Wild West'

Mayor of London lays out plans for a licensing scheme for e-bike operators in the capital amid anger at badly parked or abandoned bikes

GREATER CONTROL: Mayor sets out plan to end London’s dockless e-bike ‘Wild West’

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has set out his vision for a London-wide dockless e-bike licensing system, calling for urgent secondary legislation to replace the capital’s fragmented borough-by-borough arrangements. The proposed framework would give Transport for London statutory powers to regulate dockless micromobility operators across the capital. It would introduce consistent standards covering safety, parking, operations and enforcement. Khan s…

London Mayor sets out plan for city-wide dockless e-bike framework

London is set to move towards a single regulatory framework for dockless e-bikes after Mayor Sadiq Khan outlined plans for Transport for London (TfL) to take control of licensing across the capital once the government gives it powers.  The proposed system would replace the current patchwork of arrangements between London’s boroughs with common standards covering operator licensing, parking, safety, fleet management and data sharing. The framewor…

Borough bike share lottery to end as London Mayor sets strategy

The bike share lottery in London, where a borough boundary can end your ride, is to be cancelled in new Mayoral plans