Dockless bikes – how to regulate
Several issues have been raised consistently relating to the use of dockless bikes in London, including discarded bikes blocking pavements, poorly parked bikes creating accessibility concerns for older and disabled people, injuries caused by careless riding and collisions, and lack of insurance for people hurt in collisions with people riding dockless hire bikes.1 In particular, disabled people’s organisations have raised concerns about the danger of discarded or poorly parked dockless bikes affecting disabled people.2
Roughly 80% of people injured in collisions involving a hired bike in 2025 were those riding a hired cycle. Between 2017 and 2025, six fatalities were recorded, of which four were for the person riding the hired cycle and two for someone else involved in the collision. Comparing these figures against figures for all cycle collisions shows a rising proportion involve cycle hire, increasing from 2 per cent in 2017 to 18 per cent in 2025.3
Tomorrow, the London Assembly Transport Committee will examine the current challenges associated with dockless hire bikes and what powers Transport for London (TfL) should have under the new regulatory framework, as well as what conditions TfL could place on operators. The Committee will hear from operators, borough representatives and TfL. The guests are:
Panel 1: 10am – 11.25am
- Alice Pleasant, Deputy Regional Head of Government Relations UKI, Lime
- Alex Berwin, Vice President of Public Affairs, Forest
- Harry Foskin, Senior Public Policy Manager, Voi Technology
- Georgia Heathman, Public Policy Manager UKI, Bolt
Panel 2: 11.35am – 1pm
- Will Norman, Walking and Cycling Commissioner
- Christina Calderato, Director of Strategy, TfL
- Helen Sharp, Micromobility Lead, TfL
- Cllr Paul Osborn, Chair of London Councils Transport and Environment Committee
The meeting will take place on Thursday 8 October at 10am in the Chamber at City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, E16 1ZE.
Media and members of the public are invited to attend.
The meeting can also be viewed LIVE or later via webcast or YouTube.
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Notes to editors
- BBC, Dangerously parked e-bikes seized by council, July 2026 see also BBC, ‘Our lives will never be the same again after Lime bike crash’, June 2026
- Transport for All, Manifesto for Accessible Journeys, London Mayoral Elections 2021, 2021, see also RNIB, E-scooters and dockless bikes ridden and left on pavement raises collision concerns for blind and partially sighted people, November 2024
- TfL, Casualties in Greater London 2025, accessed September 2026
- Read the agenda in full
- Caroline Russell AM, Chair of the Transport Committee, is available for interview
- As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor
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For more details, please contact Alison Bell on 07887 832 918 or at [email protected]. For out of hours media enquiries, call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the London Assembly duty press officer.