Born and raised in London. Just a normal guy with a moral compass.

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  • That’s clearly not what I’m talking about. I’m referring to the ability to leave them parked on any road. You’re once again conflating that with bad actors.

    When you get off of a Lime Bike the app requires you to take a picture of how you parked it. The ability to find bikes local to people even where there are no docks/bays increases public health and transport links.

    If bikes are found flat on the pavement or blocking the pavement, that’s a public disorder problem, not a Lime Bike problem and should be tackled as such.


  • But most people aren’t littering the bikes. What you get is a bunch of people attempting to hack the bikes and they leave them anywhere, along with drunk and disorderly people that kick them over. Why are you punishing all the people that leave them properly parked?

    It reminds me of how taxi drivers kept objecting to Uber.

    Yes, we need more parking bays and that’s on local councils to provide, but leaving them anywhere helps everyone. I’ve never seen a Santander bay South of the river for example.

    Punish the bad actors. London has more CCTV than any other city in the world. Put it to good use.