“The cars on that street still use more parking space”: Lime bikes accused of damaging vehicles as “hundreds” dumped on road – but cyclists say there are “too many cars”; Cycle schemes part of “hidden agenda”; Pogačar the barista + more on the live blog
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“Let’s have more spaces to park them and this won’t happen”: Lime users accused of damaging vehicles as “hundreds” of e-bikes dumped on residential street, blocking access to homes – but cyclists say there are “too many cars anyway”
Over the past few years, we’ve spotted a new trend emerging in London. Whenever there’s a major event on somewhere in the capital – such as boat race between posh universities, a tournament for posh tennis players, or a posh solar eclipse – it’ll almost certainly be followed by complaints about Lime bike parking.
Last April, you may remember, thousands of Boat Race spectators flocked to south-west London using the green hire e-bikes, leaving the dockless machines strewn across streets usually frequented by huge 4x4s, annoying a few SUV owners in the process:
And last month, hundreds of Wimbledon watchers were accused of causing parking chaos in SW19, prompting the local council to warn that it will confiscate bikes if they’re not parked properly (and, oddly enough, Ant of Ant and Dec to lash out and kick a few badly parked bikes over).
Now, it’s the eclipse’s turn to spark some Lime controversy, after Londoner Mia Edie woke up on Thursday morning to find her street dominated by a sea of green, white, and black – and her Volkswagen Beetle allegedly covered in scrapes.
However, Mia, taking to Instagram to post a video of the abandoned bikes (and a fair few abandoned cars), wrote: “This wasn’t eclipse chaos. This was completely preventable. Lime, how was this allowed to happen?
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“Hundreds of Lime bikes were abandoned blocking residential roads and access to people’s homes. One resident undergoing cancer treatment couldn’t even access her driveway.
“Cars had to be abandoned in the road and were subsequently damaged. Your parking system is broken, facilitating anti-social behaviour.”
While most of the comments were from people up in arms at the “disgraceful” e-bike parking – with several users calling for Lime to be “banned” from the streets of London – Tim offered up another, alternative take on the issue of Lime parking.
“Let’s have more spaces to park them and this won’t happen,” he said.
“Too many cars anyway. Lime bikes have revolutionised transport and movement in London. There just isn’t enough space for them to be parked. You can fit 10-15 lime bikes in ONE car parking space.”
Meanwhile, Jonny pointed out: “The cars on that street still use more parking space.”
I’m not sure that’ll appease them, if I’m honest.
Cambridge Cycle Street’s road markings have to be redone because parking fines could not be enforced
A quick update now on Cambridge’s Cycle Street on Adams Road, where it has emerged today that the road has been closed and its double yellow lines removed because they did not adhere to national standards and therefore any fines for parking on them could not be enforced.
According to the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), the markings were “not to specified design, therefore not enforceable”.
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“I wonder what first attracted cyclists to such a sanctimonious and disruptive get-together”: Newspaper political editor has completely normal reaction to video of Critical Mass bike ride
Some people just can’t help themselves, can they? They see a video on social media of people having a nice time on bikes and they have to post an angry retort, just to let everyone know how much cycling and cyclists annoy them.
I can almost understand it coming from ‘coventrycityfan7573t239e’ (it is social media after all), but it’s baffling when it comes, like in this case, from the political editor of a national newspaper.
Last night, UTV published a video of one of their reporters attending a Critical Mass ride in Belfast, interviewing a range of participants enjoying the vibes, music, and craic while calling for more cycling infrastructure and safety measures for people on bikes.
I wonder what first attracted cyclists to such a sanctimonious and disruptive get-together pic.twitter.com/ei9rAH4igE
— David Thompson (@davidtjourno) August 13, 2026
All that joviality and community proved too much, however, for David Thompson, the political editor at the Belfast Newsletter, one of Northern Ireland’s biggest newspapers.
“I wonder what first attracted cyclists to such a sanctimonious and disruptive get-together,” Thompson tweeted in response to the clip.
Seems a nice chap.
But David’s weird reaction to people on bikes enjoying some camaraderie has at least led to him being invited to the next Critical Mass event in the city.
“Hi David, we go every month because it’s a brilliant community cycle around the town with all welcome,” NI Planner wrote in the comments.
“Nothing sanctimonious about it and most drivers even laugh off the 30 second delay. Come down on the 28th and see for yourself. I guarantee you’ll enjoy it.”
But, but, but… he writes for the Newsletter, he’s not supposed to enjoy anything, remember?
Tadej Pogačar tests out potential post-cycling career… and he’s not bad at it
Well, he has to find some way to top up that measly €13 million a year income, doesn’t he?
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In case you’re a bit confused, Tadej’s turn as a barista wasn’t just on a mid-ride whim. It’s part of a ‘latte art challenge’ instigated by British F1 driver Ollie Bearman at his Triple Crown coffee and bike shop in La Turbie on the French Riveira. And Ollie wasn’t slow to rope in his most famous bike-riding mate.
To be fair, speaking as someone whose old student job involved making a lot of coffee, I reckon Pogi picked that up fairly quickly.
Although he has given his rivals a new tactic that could actually work – just bring along a hot milk frother and make him hold it in the bunch. He won’t stand a chance.
Racing round-up: Drama in Portugal, August bags August win at Czech Tour, and Fabio Jakobsen confirms Visma move
With the post-Tour hangover slowly abating and the countdown to the Vuelta well underway, here’s a quick recap of all today’s racing news:
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Over at the Czech Tour, Netcompany Ineos rolled back the clock with a dominant display on the 15km climb to the finish at Ještěd, setting an infernal pace that teed up AJ August for an impressive win which sends him into the leader’s jersey.
Meanwhile, the Volta a Portugal was hit with controversy (what’s new?) after three UAE Team Emirates riders, including double stage winner (and 80s hair metal tribute act) Julius Johansen, were eliminated yesterday after missing the time cut.
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UAE claimed that their riders had calculated the day’s time cut because on what was in the roadbook, and that the organisers had changed the limit mid-stage.
However, the organisers have insisted that the changes were in fact published in a communiqué distributed to all teams before the start of the race. Oops. So much for UAE’s famous attention to detail.
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And finally, one of 2026’s more bizarre mid-season transfers was finally confirmed this afternoon, with Fabio Jakobsen formally announced as a Visma-Lease a Bike rider after moving from Picnic PostNL following a rough few seasons characterised by injury and poor form.
Is this the spark Jakobsen needs to regain his sprint legs? He only turns 30 at the end of the month, after all.
The fall of Raleigh is a British cultural tragedy: To me and many other riders of my generation, this feels personal
In his latest column, a wistful Steve reflects on the downfall of a British institution:
“It’s not for the faint-hearted”: 62-year-old teacher breaks 140-year-old world record for the longest continuous ride on a penny-farthing
Richard Thoday is no ordinary bike rider (see what I did there? Actually he is, but you get my point).
Back in 2019, the teacher from Matlock broke the world record for the fastest time cycled from Land’s End to John O’ Groats on a penny-farthing, breaking the marker set by George Pilkington Mills (now there’s a Victorian name if you’ve ever heard one) way back in 1886.
> New film follows penny farthing rider as he breaks 133-year-old Land’s End to John O’Groats record
And this week, Thoday dusted off the old high wheeler for another crack at a 140-year-old record, breaking (pending verification) the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous penny-farthing cycle, riding for 236 miles around Reading Velodrome, eclipsing the 1886 record by two miles.
“Physically it’s difficult and technically there’s all sorts of challenges – it’s not for the faint-hearted,” the 62-year-old told BBC Radio Norfolk after his record-breaking ride.
“I was also trying to break the record for the greatest distance in 24 hours which I failed this time, it was a fairly new record that was only last set in the late 1990s by an extraordinary rider that wears Lycra so I was doing everything I possibly could,” he said.
Instead, Thoday was forced to dismount after 17 hours, at which point he said he felt like a “broken man”.
“People were joking about me getting dizzy going round that track that many times, it was something like 830 laps,” he said. “When I got off the bike, four people lifted me off in the end and the world was spinning for me.”
The penny-farthing-loving Thoday continued: “They are lovely things to ride once you master getting on and off. I end up having lots of lovely conversations with people out and about who just want to know more about it, it’s a lovely way of travelling.”
A spokesperson for Guinness World Records has confirmed that Thoday’s record was currently being reviewed before it gets the stamp of approval.
“At this stage we’re therefore not able to confirm that the Guinness World Records title has been successfully achieved just yet,” they said.
“Once the evidence has been fully reviewed and the result verified by our records team, we’ll be able to confirm the outcome.”
Just like he did when he broke the LEJOG record in 2019, Thoday jumped on the penny-farthing this week to also raise money for charity, generating over £3,400 for the Ashgate Hospice in memory of his sister.
What’s that wet stuff? And what are those extra pieces of fabric the riders have on their arms, legs, and hands?
Remember wet and cold weather? It feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Well, the Arctic Race of Norway is currently allowing us to bask in the nostalgia of our pre-heatwave lives, with some typically arctic conditions:
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I never thought I’d hear myself saying this, but it looks lovely.
“I can still see colour on those cleats. Good for another 1,000km”
I really don’t see the issue here…
Wout van Aert confirmed for Belgian gravel championships as Belgian star builds up to Vuelta
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After missing the Tour de France due to an elbow injury, Wout van Aert is gearing up for the Vuelta a España (which starts next weekend – time flies), by heading off-road and riding the Belgian gravel championships for the first time on Sunday, Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed this morning.
Despite missing the Tour, the Paris-Roubaix winner was on scintillating form at the recent Tour of Denmark, winning three stages and the overall. So don’t bet against him adding another off-road success to his palmares before cleaning up in Spain.
Any bike’s a cargo bike if you try hard enough
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New Merida alert (and it’s gone all gravelly)
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@chrisonabike Or, alternatively, they've had the experience of swallowing a bug at 15.5mph and don't want to repeat it.
@OnYerBike Yeah, the death of the DHB/Aeron/other Wiggle-imprint 'brands' as good-quality kit basically killed Wiggle as a distinct outlet. It just became another generic retailer website once it had no unique products. I miss DHB kit, it was such good value!
Can't say I'm entirely surprised - as far as I can tell, since the takeover, wiggle, CRC and Evans have all been exactly the same website, with exactly the same stock, same prices etc., just different branding. I don't see any point maintaining three separate brands with no attempt whatsoever to actually provide a distinct offering under each.
We keep hearing about how much damage a heavy eapc can do but surely the rider's weight has more influence. The weight of the bike has little additional impact if the rider is 100kg.... A 20kg eapc and a 70kg rider is less!
Another confounding factor is that your average e-bike user is more likely to be a novice rider. There are so many other variables that go along with e-bikes vs standard bikes that it's impossible to draw any conclusions from the correlational (uncontrolled) study.
@chrisonabike No idea - I was just sharing what I saw on local Facebook, posted by a local councillor with info from the local police!
@Bungle_52 yep, it's a balance. Those who already cycle, will. And (in the UK) we are justifiably suspicious about "great new infra" (and even more how drivers will ignore it) / irked by "get off the road" demands. OTOH given that plenty of streets are 30mph, and "20 means 25" and loaded with shopping on my town hack I'm not doing near 20mph either ... I *am* "in the way" (albeit to nobody's great inconvenience). And even on speedier machines I've almost zero desire nowadays to claim my "right to the road" on many A-roads. And "not cycling with motor traffic" / "I want to travel with others side-by-side" are extra blockers to most people taking the bike. So I'll keep saying "look what we could have - to *everyone's* benefit". But until we get there keep using whatever infra works for me!
Accountability is good, but is this it? Or is this really for publicity / PR? All the cycle and scooter hire vehicles I've seen elsewhere have fairly legible ID numbers somewhere on them anyway, albeit not as a "numberplate". Remind us how it works with motor vehicles again? "Sorry, it's a hire / pool vehicle, we've no idea who was in it". Or "it's my vehicle but maybe the plates were cloned? I've no idea who was driving it anyway, wasn't me". Then: follow the money. For many dockless funding models (Forrest included) it's not the riders or the locality providing most of the money, it's the investors. I've no idea if the "exclusivity" here also involves the borough paying a good fraction of their costs. But I suspect they have limited leverage with Forest.
Im pretty sure they meant Byway BS.
@Blackthorne83 He would, but he's eaten his bike
52 thoughts on ““The cars on that street still use more parking space”: Lime bikes accused of damaging vehicles as “hundreds” dumped on road – but cyclists say there are “too many cars”; Cycle schemes part of “hidden agenda”; Pogačar the barista + more on the live blog”
Sorry to go against your tone of “it’s just annoying a few SUV owners” Ryan, but that sort of Lime bike parking is incredibly antisocial and selfish. It’s not just blocking “a few SUVs”, it’s blocking other cyclists and making roads impassable for people with mobility problems. Imagine if you walk with a frame and need to use your car to get to work and you come out of your house to find you can’t get to your car and if you could you wouldn’t be able to get it out anyway. There’s no excuse for it. Sure, it wouldn’t do any harm to have more spaces for parking, that doesn’t make it OK to just park where you want because there aren’t enough. If there are no litter bins, is it OK just to throw your litter on the floor or should you hang on to it until you find one? We really do need to get away from the concept of defending Lime bikes and the way they are frequently incredibly badly parked and ridden just because they’re bikes.
It’s almost as if a company intent on sucking up money at the expense of some public good was being given a pass on account of the mode of transport they were involved with…
Now I’m wondering if we’ve seen this before?
OTOH “less harm” because bikes – but wouldn’t it be better not to have the issue at all?
You mean like, say, yesterday?
“Sure, it wouldn’t do any harm to have more spaces for parking, that doesn’t make it OK to just park where you want because there aren’t enough.”
You need to visit my neighborhood – it looks like. tsunami has passed through
Bang on. The default defending of cyclists/bikes when they are clearly in the wrong is very tiresome and paints us all as stupidly entitled and out of touch. Exaty what we want to avoid.
@Rendel Harris I’m not going to defend blocking the carriageway because I’m the first to complain about road and pavement obstructions but most side roads ’round my neck have council sanctioned parking of cars on either side of the road that blocks two-way traffic. If there wasn’t enough parking the car-owning residents would be up in arms organising and petitioning the council. And if you’re a cyclist in a narrow section then many motorists don’t yield and force their way through forcing you to pull to the side or worse*. In other words motorists have been creating plenty of danger with their parked cars for decades in London. Perhaps this is a little bit of karma?
* I recently had success in reporting an occurrence of this to the Met.
@Pub bike Absolutely to all that but selfish Lime parking often doesn’t just affect motorists, e.g. in my neighbourhood on Dulwich Hamlet match days the pavements become completely impassable near the ground, forcing people with buggies, wheelchairs etc to walk in the (busy) road. I don’t own a car and I’m all for curtailing their use and limiting their parking, but that doesn’t mean I’m happy about having to move three or four appallingly selfishly parked (perpendicular to the kerb, right across the width of the pavement) rental bikes off the pavement every Sunday morning when I go to get breakfast so that my elderly and disabled neighbours won’t be hampered.
“If there wasn’t enough parking the car-owning residents would be up in arms organising and petitioning the council”
There isn’t enough parking, in pretty much every neighbourhood. There a street in my town, where just about every house has off road parking for at least 2 cars, but somebody still saw fit to paint lots of parking bays along it. In addition to just encouraging even more car ownership, it causes regular incidents where people simply can’t wait for a gap in the traffic and overtake the parked cars into oncoming traffic.
(Said road is on a bus route, and a short walk from a well connected railway station, a large supermarket and not too far from town, but people still feel the need for multiple car households.
It’s a strange mindset that we’ve got ourselves into.
“But isn’t this just the same as if people used their own bikes?”
No, not just because it’s a company dumping them in public space as opposed to people storing them at home much of the time. People are much more motivated to care about their own property. I also suspect that people owning bikes involves less moving them around via motorised transport than cycle hire schemes (though a study would help!)
How to fix the “public space problem”? In NL where they have problems of success they’ve planning rules that require provision of cycle parking in new- builds. They build giant bicycle-stables in city centres and at public transport hubs. And there is a national “last mile” non-dockless rental scheme that’s well integrated with that public transport (OV Fiets).
Brompton Bicycle sues former accounting and tax advisor AAB Group for ‘professional negligence’
https://x.com/FietserGlasgow/status/2088223417875013674?s=20
I was cycling home, during the eclipse, and my route took me through Greenwich park. Yes there were a load of Lime bikes left partially blocking the road but the biggest issue for me was all the car drivers parking their vehicles wherever they wanted in the park. At the top of the main hill, blocking the roundabout (only the bollards stopped them going any further), along the paths, everywhere. I had to weave around them to get through. Half of them just sat, blocked in by other vehicles, in their cars watching the eclipse. What was the point in driving to the park for that?
@a1white
Presumably if there is good photo/video evidence of this it can be passed to the local council so that they can justify having traffic enforcement in the area next time.
@mitsky The “next time” is not for a while…
Bang on. The default defending of cyclists/bikes when they are clearly in the wrong is very tiresome and paints us all as stupidly entitled and out of touch. Exactly what we should seek to avoid.
On the topic of these e-motorbikes (don’t confuse them for bicycles, these are mechanised machines) and e-scooters, distinguished veteran journalist Peter Hitchens has come out with an impassioned article explaining their risks and how they should be regulated, by having tests, license plates and insurance.
We need to firmly differentiate between a bicycle – a clean object designed to sustainably get people around efficiently and with minimal fuss – and unregulated motorised vehicles which sap natural resources, facilitate crime, cause accidents and are frankly frightening for elderly people.
Peter has proved prescient in the past, and I’m confident will be bourne out again here. https://x.com/ClarkeMicah/status/2088280575278829577
You seem to have posted this in the wrong place – there aren’t any items here about e-motorbikes.
You also seem to have confused ‘distinguished’ and ‘infamous’.
I’m confused, I thought bicycles & bikes didn’t contribute to the economy/keep commerce moving? Now they’re an efficient & sustainable mode of transportation. The self contradictions (and it seems additional profiles) are growing. History is continuing to repeat itself.
Not long now & it’ll be directly inviting the ban hammer.
I made a distinction between utility cycling, leisure cycling, and meaningful journeys in a previous article.
A distinction clearly lost on you Clem.
No my friend you are, as usual, picking & choosing arguments to suit your current jab & forgetting to retain the receipts.
How are we supposed to take you seriously Nigel when your alter egos and posts are riddled with such glaring inconsistencies?
Meaningful Journeys? Saw them at the Astoria back in ’97. They were supporting Contrarian Troll & blew them off the stage.
@Clem Fandango I thought that it was Spouts Irrelevant Nonsense who were the support band for Contrarian Troll at that gig? No worries I always get Spouts Irrelevant Nonsense mixed up with Meaningful Journeys.
Some of their gigs from that era were quite dull and derivative even when these kinds of bands teamed up on stage together to try and liven things up. For example did you ever manage to get yourself to one of the gigs featuring the predictable Contrarian Troll/Spouts Irrelevant Nonsense? They were utter rubbish.
@mdavidford I think he may have mixed Peter up with his late brother in terms of which one is regarded as distinguished.
@Rendel Harris It also seems unlikely that the late Mr. Hitchens would have so badly confused a lack of regulation with a lack of enforcement.
I think you’ll find that all machines, including bicycles, are mechanised, Nige. Clue’s kind of there in the name.
@Rendel Harris There is a nuance here: yes a bicycle is a mechanised machine due to its complexity but not all machines are mechanised e.g. simple levers, hand tools etc.
@Pub bike Fair point, but if you use a lever to do something then in adding your force plus a fulcrum it becomes a mechanized process, no?
@Rendel Harris No, a lever is one of the six classical simple machines defined during the Renaissance (the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw).
It only becomes mechanised when simple machines are combined.
For the want of a better source according to wikipedia “the six classical simple machines are not mechanised on their own. They are fundamental mechanical devices that use human or natural physical force—such as pushing, pulling, or gravity—rather than motors, engines, or automated power sources to function”.
For example a pair of pliers is a classical simple machine. A pair of pliers functions as a double first-order lever joined at a central pivot point (the fulcrum).
A hand held mechanical automatic wire stripper that involves levers interacting with other levers is mechanised though.
And a bicycle is definitely not a classical simple machine either: it is a compound machine that joins many simple machines together to make work easier.
@Pub bike Thank you for the elucidation, most interesting.
Motorised, not mechanised.
Very good, you got me. Broken clock and all that. Still, pub bore wouldn’t have been able to interject if I had written it correctly, would he?
@Nigel Garage Ah, there it is. As with all the other dozen plus personae he has employed, the “I’m the courteous voice of reason” facade starts to fade as he finds nobody agrees with him about pretty much anything. If we follow the standard model he’ll be banned within a fortnight.
I thought the standard model couldn’t account for dark energy though?
@mdavidford Scientists define dark energy as “smooth, uniform and repulsive on a cosmic scale”, I don’t know about the first two but the third criterion seems to indicate that we might have found it…
Woah. Deja vu.
“I wonder what first attracted cyclists to such a sanctimonious and disruptive get-together,” Thompson tweeted.
Please feel free to complain about motorists doing the same thing every day…
(I won’t hold my breath.)
Hang on, isn’t that a third slice of the pie that some people regularly come on here to bisect? Do you mean that a utility cycle * isn’t a meaningful journey either?
* Possibly made by someone in a mobility vehicle or wheelchair to use the Dutch grouping of these things. Just since i noted someone using a “cycle facility” in a mobility vehicle this evening. Although IIRC that is not legal in the UK; however there appeared to be no arseholery intended and though the cycle lane isn’t in good nick it may have been a better bet than the narrow footway.
@chrisonabike Was it a cycle lane, i.e. just paint, or a cycle track separated from the road by a barrier, even if just a kerb or orcas and wands? IIRC mobility scooters may not use lanes but they may use tracks?
It was a lane, and indeed a “mandatory” one, and does have intermittent blocks and wands, although I’m pretty sure those don’t make a cycle track unless continuous? (I admit that I’m hazy on the exact Uk definitions but I suspect the definitions are hazy also)?
As you note lanes are out, but cycle tracks may be in, if you’re in class 2 or 3.
So the chap was out of order, but I am more inclined to blame the lack of provision first and then the rules. This was in a part of town where there’s a massive space between buildings, not even filled by what was 2 lanes in each direction, with median…
This all stems from the decision to allow dockless bikes – given that the Boris bikes used tricks, it’s a bit puzzling
@belugabob Much of it down to effectively bribery I’m afraid, with no overall authority for controlling them London’s councils struck individual deals – £1.3M with Forest bikes in Richmond, a staggering £93M over five years with Lime and Voi in Haringey, for example. Can’t kill the golden egg goose!
Was this a Fifa-style offer eg. “We’re planning to come and make money * anyway, but if you make it official you get a cut”?
* Probably from venture capital but at any rate mostly not from people directly paying for a ride. Point being: the priorities don’t align well with “contributing to the good of the place”.
Pretty much the same reason that it’s so hard do do any infrastructure changes that affects the all-powerful motor vehicle.
But, they do have the authority to say “if you want this lucrative business, these are the conditions…”
Been a cyclist since I was 5 (63 soon), but I can’t support this kind of behaviour. Just dumping bikes like this isn’t on. Lime should have been made to provide enough designated pick up points before they were allowed to operate the scheme.
I’m pretty sure that wouldn’t work: AFAICS anti-social consequences are inherent in the business model.
Models which seem to work better: advertising (Santander cycles), using bikes to make using another service which is more profitable (or less unprofitable) easier (Dutch OV Fiets).
After that it’s “local authority subsidises it” and then you’re down to “flogging customer data”…
Re. Pro-car campaigner slams “hidden agenda” to “slow down motorists, restrict parking, and deter travel” this is just another right-wing conspiracy loon spouting off their usual rubbish. Why give him publicity? Like the sad people who walk through our town centres ranting on about anything and anyone they’re best ignored.
He’s wildly over the top / backwards about what is a risk to the hard-pressed motorist and local places: those are “other motorists” and “mass motoring” respectively.
He’s almost right though in that many places – even in the UK – are gradually realising that a great way to save themselves money, improve their places and aid their chances of hitting targets on health, obesity, climate etc. is indeed to slow down motorists, restrict parking and deter (not prevent…) much *private motor* travel.
Yay!
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26466698.speed-camera-catching-drivers-25mph-oxfordshire/
For reference, annual highways spend is about £80m (out of a total spend of £999m). Less than 0.013% is an interesting definition of ‘high’.
@mdavidford Always worth remembering with these spending outcries as well that a fatal road incident costs us as taxpayers £2.7M, and a serious injury incident £325,000. So if just one fatal road incident, or a small handful of serious injury ones, has been prevented across the whole of Oxfordshire by 20mph limits in the last four years, the taxpayer is actually in profit.
@Rendel Harris
Please provide link to verify those figures as it is always usefull to wave in naysayers’ faces.
@mitsky https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/reported-road-casualties-scotland-2023/table-9-cost-per-casualty-by-severity-for-gb-at-2022-prices/
@mitsky I’ve put a link but it’s fallen into the infinite quarantine section of road.cc. A quick Google of “Cost of fatal road incidents UK” will get you plenty.
Re: too many Lime bikes left badly parked…
Not sure if this has been thought of before, but given the app allows users to locate the nearest bike as the basis of the business model…
The system can be setup to “know” that if there is an unusually high number of bikes in a small area at the same time.
Thus in that situation they can require users to park their bikes a bit further away to not end up in this situation before allowing the user to stop the £ meter.