Westminster Council is to install up to 250 e-bike bays over the next few months, but it means losing a few parking spaces.
BBC London reporter Barry Caffrey came across several e-bikes blocking pavements on Wednesday morningDesignated bays for docking e-bikes are to be installed in London's West End after complaints the bikes are often left blocking pavements.
People who fail to park e-bikes in the correct bays after using them could incur additional hire charges or receive a fixed penalty notice.Westminster Council says the bikes are being left in places where they pose an "imminent risk to public safety". The local authority is looking at installing up to 250 bays over the next few months, with a plan to suspend some parking bays to create the necessary space.Westminster Council says that, under the plans, if riders do not dock their bikes they will continue to pay for the hire until the bike is returned to a bay.
Labour councillor for Hyde Park Paul Dimoldenberg told BBC London the authority was "very keen to encourage more cycling", but "some sense around this" was needed. "It's just not a fair way of living in a city with your fellow citizens so we want to bring some sanity to this current free-for-all."
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