The expansion would bring the total number of bays to over 350 meaning that most of Lambeth’s residents will be able to reach a bay within a 3-minute walk. The proposed Phase Four locations can be found in this map.
The council has launched a consultation on the proposals and is asking residents to respond by visiting our consultation portal. The consultation will last 21 days, starting on Friday November 15 and will finish on Friday December 6.
Deputy leader Cllr Rezina Chowdhury, Cabinet Member for Sustainable Lambeth and Clean Air, said: “Lambeth Council supports the further expansion of sustainable forms of travel such as rental dockless bikes and scooters, but we also recognise the accessibility issues that parking on pavements and in high demand locations can cause.
“As more people use rental bikes and scooters, users need to be considerate to those who rely on a wheelchair or pushchair and who find blocked pavements a significant problem.
“It’s vital that when people are finished using rental scooters and bikes, they are stored safely in one of the new dockless bays rather than abandoned on the street for the next person to use.”
The operators for the e-scooter trial are Lime and Voi. For rental e-bikes, the operators which provide a service in Lambeth are Lime and Forest.
The dockless bays are proposed to be installed in some of Lambeth’s busiest areas and frequent destinations to ensure that e-scooter and e-bike users can properly park their rental vehicles when they finish their journey.
They will also be installed in residential areas which currently have a lower density of bays, so Lambeth residents and visitors who are travelling to work, to the shops or back home can start or end their journey without inconveniencing people walking and wheeling.
Expanding the provision for cycle hire schemes was a key commitment in Lambeth Council’s Transport Strategy and its award-winning Kerbside Strategy to reclaim space from car parking and repurpose it for other uses.
Cllr Chowdhury added: “We are committed to improving the cycle hire infrastructure across the borough so we can encourage more people to try out more active ways to get around Lambeth like cycling, walking, scooting, or wheeling.
“We would urge rental bike and scooter users to be thoughtful of others and return them to one of the new dockless bays, even if it takes a minute or two longer to get to your destination.”
