Overview

• Conflicting permissions see Hounslow license Forest and Voi while neighbouring Richmond licenses Lime, creating adjacent no‑go zones for some bikes.
• Lime says it agreed to Hounslow’s request that its e-bikes cut power when entering the borough, making them heavy and prompting riders to end trips at boundaries.
• About 30 hire bikes were seen near the southern entrance to Chiswick Bridge on Monday night, with some tipped into bushes or left on pavements.
• Dara Ó Briain highlighted the disruption on X, comparing the crossings to “Checkpoint Charlie” as rival operators’ bikes stack up on either side.
• CoMoUK and operators call for a pan‑London framework, with Richmond stating it will review licensing later this year as a new bill could enable TfL to take on regulation.