Council vows to ban ‘dangerous’ Lime bikes - ‘I want them all crushed’

Pedestrians get frustrated with bikes being near successful the mediate of the pavement (Image: Getty)

Brent could beryllium astir to go the archetypal assembly successful the UK to prohibition Lime bikes aft a section councillor has vowed to tackle the increasing nuisance the rental bikes are causing successful the district.

Muhammed Butt is the Labour person of Brent council, and he’s vowed to prohibition Lime Bikes by the 31st of October unless the institution agrees to a database of demands.

The database includes an instauration of dedicated parking bays for the bikes, resources to region incorrectly parked oregon abandoned bikes and bigger fines for users who neglect to permission their lime bikes successful the close location.

The e-bike rental institution has go hugely fashionable successful the capital, and retired of the 30,000 rental bikes connected the city’s streets, Lime owns and operates astir of them. Many radical usage them to get to and from work, arsenic good arsenic for much leisurely activities.

Lime operates successful much than 230 cities astir the satellite and are presently based successful the Californian metropolis of San Francisco.

Many workers usage the bikes arsenic an casual and convenient mode to commute successful London (Image: Getty)

The company's increasing popularity has frustrated different boroughs arsenic well. Several councils person already authorised designated in-borough parking bays for e-bikes due to the fact that of complaints astir them being near connected the roads.

Many disablement and sight-loss charities person claimed that bikes are making London’s pavements little accessible.

Muhammed Butt told the BBC earlier this month: “Something needs to alteration arsenic the existent concern is unsustainable and leaves a bitter sensation successful the mouth.

"The assembly is receiving repeated, regular complaints astir the bikes near crossed paths and roads successful a haphazard way.

"This is putting unsustainable unit connected assembly unit who are spending clip cleaning up aft Lime."

Residents who unrecorded successful Brent person go progressively annoyed with the bikes being near each implicit the place. Pat, who's 86, precocious told The Guardian: “I privation them rounded up and crushed.”

“Life’s atrocious capable erstwhile you’re getting older and you’re not precise dependable connected your feet without these bikes successful your way. Good riddance.”

Councillor Muhammed Butt besides wants the fines Lime charges to users who permission their bikes successful unsafe locations to beryllium paid to the section council. To enactment arsenic a greater deterrent, helium would similar to spot the existent £10 in-app good emergence to rival the £130 punishment that motorists are charged for parking successful the incorrect place.

A spokesperson for Lime has responded: “We are arrogant to person worked with our spouse councils implicit the past six years to physique a harmless and reliable shared e-bike work crossed London.

It said it needs the assembly to “build a functional web of parking locations” earlier it tin enforce mandatory parking locations for its e-bikes.

They added: “We privation to enactment with the assembly to code these concerns. Banning bikes doesn’t assistance anyone arsenic we enactment towards our ambitious progressive question and clime goals.”