I’m getting really sick of Lime bikes blocking every footpath in this city. This is the state of Greenwich Foot Tunnel

by Leather_Fox9237

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  3. My guess is the lift was not working and your rage is misdirected

  4. Especially bad at the moment there because the north side lift is broken

  6. At Cutty Sark a few evenings ago…packed with people and a bunch of feral teenagers stealing them and dumping them left and right.

  7. I mean this is inconvenient, for sure, but I don’t get the solution.

    A bicycle scheme like this is a necessity to reduce car, cab, and even arguably passenger traffic on the tubes.

    If the boroughs actually embraced them to give them proper parking spaces rather than continually still prioritising cars, I’d expect a lot of the common issues would be resolved.

  9. I would much prefer to see most of London roads closed to motor traffic and e-scooters and ebikes legalised for public ownership

  10. Lime bikes – the IKEA furniture of the pavement – cheap, everywhere, and always in the damn way.

  11. This is a result of Greenwhich tunnel lifts always being broken.

  12. This absolutely gives me the rage because – not anymore – I spent a long time navigating London with a pram. These things are really heavy (for me, a five foot seven woman). They are hard to move. I can yes move them because I’m able bodied – but were I not? Does one just turn back?

  13. And while we’re at at that, if nothing is being done for the lack of connection between NE London and SE London when it comes to pedestrians and cyclists, that’s what you get.

    Instead we blew a few billions on the silvertown tunnel.

  15. There is a need to dedicated parking areas across the city for these bikes, they are a menace when left everywhere. The company should be fined for littering

  16. Just deflate the tyre of each one you see, it’s not criminal damage, it renders them unusable, and it costs the company to send out their cowboys to repair them/pump them up. Eventually these costs will factor into the amount they deem necessary to pollute the streets with.

  17. There’s a real collective brain rot going on with this shit. Yesterday witnessed a woman leaving her lime bike right in front of where you push the button for the pedestrian crossing at Highbury corner. Completely fucking stupid thing to do. Obviously I tutted loudly and glared at her.

  18. They know who the last peeson to use them was. Just start fining people £25 everytime they park inconsiderably. I use Lime bikes and I think about where I am parking but just being able to dump them is wrong.

  19. Worth remembering; this isn’t the inanimate objects fault. 

    The idea of easy electric assisted cycling for all is great & would have real benefits to society. 

    But then humans are involved. Humans are the problem. 

    Lime users acting like morons are annoying. The rats stealing the free rides and dumping the bikes in stupid places are ruining this for everyone else. The bikes are just bikes. 

  20. I saw two almost accidents yesterday involving lime bikes. 3 guys without helmets on following each other fast down a hill, the guy in front turns with no indication, guy behind has to course correct quickly, nearly skidded into a car. Another at a light lurched out in front of a car before it turned red. I saw one guy riding hands free, through traffic, no helmet TEXTING.

  21. Fire hazard. I bet the gps doesn’t work there so they don’t find them

  22. If we replaced 50% of car parking space with lime parking space the problem would be solved

  23. since Greenwich council will have to clear those, I do hope they’re charging a hefty fee to Lime before releasing them.

    Lime could warn their customers that the lift is out of order but seemingly don’t bother. even though inevitably the bike will be left like this outside of the app’s approved parking zone.

    in fact, since it’s forbidden to cycle through at any time, they should be alerting their customers that’d make more sense to hire a fresh bike on the other side even when the lifts are working. there’s little point walking bike through unless it’s your own and not a rental.

  24. Just lost two parking spots down my road to make way for a “bicycle hire only” bay. Only one bike was parked there, lengthwise, three others on the pavement. I know they’re practical and all, but if they don’t invest in actual return terminals like the Santander bikes then this issue will never get fixed.

  25. The solution to this entire problem is extremely easy and simple, a £1000 fine for Lime every time these are picked up as an obstruction, give the reporter £100 reward for reporting them and the problem will be solved.

    But I’m sure our wonderful councillors and MPs get plenty of “donations” from Lime to look the other way and continue to do nothing.

  26. OP, if this was recent, send an email with this picture to london-ops@li.me and tell them they need to move their property because it’s a fire hazard.

  27. Perhaps send the picture to Environmental Services at Greenwich and Tower Hamlets Council, maybe cc City Hall as well. If people complain to the councils often enough something might eventually get done about it. You could mention difficulties in access for disabled or elderly people.

  28. These days I simply make a judgement that all Lime users are selfish pricks. Especially the one that chose to park a bike right outside my front door.

  29. I feel like I have to keep banging my head against the wall saying this but the problem is councils don’t make e-bike spaces. 

    There are a couple of boroughs that have lots of e-bike spaces and the apps won’t let you park the bikes anywhere but those spaces. 

    This works.

    Allowing people to park them anywhere doesn’t work and causes this issue. The councils will blame Lime, et al. but it’s really simple to do.

  30. A few of them became a feature in the Wandle river for a long time

  31. They got the “can’t ride in the tunnel” notification while chasing Zubats

  32. It’s not the bikes that are the problem, but irresponsible people who leave them there.

    You would never see this in Japan.

  33. Lime should be banned in London!
    The only bikes I’m okay with are Santander bikes which have dedicated stations and don’t cause the mess which lime does.

  34. Throw everyone pne of them that you see into the river or into a dumpster.

  35. This is due to the lifts being out of order at one end. Lime bikes are simply too heavy for some people to carry up the stairs. I doubt riders _want_ to abandon the bikes, because it means they’ll have to walk the rest of the way to wherever they are going. The only alternative is to walk the bike back through the tunnel, park it where they just came from and get a DLR accross the river

  36. They need to limit where the bikes can go and where they can be parked. Similar to how they do it in Tallinn, Estonia with their bolt scooters. You have to find a suitable place to park your scooter and if you don’t you can be fined for blocking pathways. There’s certain areas you can’t go and they will lose power if you enter them. And it will refuse to let you park in a lot of areas.

  37. I’m a massive supporter of active travel and think everyone who could should be on foot, bike or public transport… but Lime bikes are a massive pain in the arse and are spoiling the city somewhat

  38. So you can just park these Lime bikes anywhere? Aren’t there stationed spots around the city?

    That’s how other cities work it.

  39. Can someone please Photoshop a bike on top of the walkie talkie and tower bridge?

  41. I use them quite frequently. The problem I’ve found is sometimes it won’t allow you to park it against a wall but will let you park it in the middle of the pavement which is dumb. They should really restrict them to designated bays. I’ve started parking mine in a bike bay near to where I live, a little bit of a walk home but at least I’m not abandoning it in the middle of the street.

  42. We have a broken Lime bike in our street for weeks. Reported it to lime two weeks ago and zero action taken

  43. There’s a whole row of them outside my flat – like 20 – and by the end of a Friday or Saturday night, they’re all tipped over and sprawling everywhere.

    If I lived by a canal, I’d lodge the whole lot of them. I hate them so much.

  44. If the Thames isn’t very deep at points, pick a shallow spot and start piling them up there to make a point

  45. I despise them and the people that dump them in the stupidest places. Legal littering, that’s all it is.

  46. What the HELL!?

    Id never get through there with my wheels!

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