Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Lime bikes seem to have taken off recently here in South East London. Our local pavements are getting increasingly littered by abandoned Lime bikes.
My knee jerk reaction is that the dockless model is just a means for operators to (try to) turn a quick buck with minimal investment in infrastructure, while local communities pay the price in obstructed footways and dumped bikes.
Now, that's just because they irritate me. And me being irritated isn't actually a real problem. It could be that they are a useful addition to the transport mix and I should chill out and put my green ink away. Or at least turn my ire on pavement parking if I'm so worried about obstructed footways.
So, dockless bikes - particularly Lime e-bikes: A useful transport mode or a means of discouraging pedestrians and the disabled from using footways?
My knee jerk reaction is that the dockless model is just a means for operators to (try to) turn a quick buck with minimal investment in infrastructure, while local communities pay the price in obstructed footways and dumped bikes.
Now, that's just because they irritate me. And me being irritated isn't actually a real problem. It could be that they are a useful addition to the transport mix and I should chill out and put my green ink away. Or at least turn my ire on pavement parking if I'm so worried about obstructed footways.
So, dockless bikes - particularly Lime e-bikes: A useful transport mode or a means of discouraging pedestrians and the disabled from using footways?