Transport for London may introduce city-wide regulations on hire bikes Local transport authorities across England are set to be given new powers which includes regulating bike hire schemes, in plans published by ministers on Monday allowing for more devolution.
In London, where transport powers are already in place, this will allow Transport for London (TfL) to introduce city-wide regulations.
Westminster City Council has welcomed the proposed new law on cycle regulation, saying that "our pavements are at points a dumping ground for abandoned bikes".
Council leader Adam Hug said bikes dumped on pavements can cause problems for people with visual impairments, wheelchair users and others with special needs. Reuters A park in autumn with orange leaves on the ground and around a dozen green hire bikes clustered together. One bike is on its side on the ground. In the background is a row of white Victorian houses and more green hire bikes on the pavement. He said: "The e-bike and scooter phenomenon exploded over recent years, to the point where Westminster has the most e-bike journeys in the world, with over 2,800 bikes per hour peddling around our streets per hour at peak times."
Hug said the failure of previous legislation "left us with a patchwork quilt of different schemes across the capital, and e-bikes don’t navigate by local authority boundaries".
The government proposes to allow local transport authorities like TfL to regulate "on-street micro mobility schemes (like hire bikes), so local areas can shape these schemes around their needs, connect people to public […]
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