Lambeth has installed a large network of parking locations meaning that there are now more than 340 designated bays borough-wide where you can begin or end your journey. These bays are shared between rental e-scooters and e-bikes. See below for a map of the bay locations across the borough.
The rules around parking of rental dockless cycles changed in Lambeth in February 2024. Rental e-bikes can only be permitted to be park within a designated bay to ensure that footways are clear for all users.
View a map of the bay locations across the borough
Supporting dockless cycle hire in Lambeth
Transport accounts for a significant proportion of the borough’s CO2 emissions and traffic reduction is required to deliver change in the context of the climate emergency. The adopted Climate Action Plan 2022 sets out a range of key objectives that will be required to remove CO2 emissions by 2030, including the necessity to reduce motor vehicle traffic in Lambeth by 27% over that period.
Having dockless cycle hire across the whole borough was one of the objectives of Lambeth’s Kerbside Strategy, enabling a greater quantity of active travel trips. The provision of in-carriageway spaces for these rental vehicles will also help to tackle footway-related barriers that residents face due to inappropriate parking.
Expanding dockless mobility options across Lambeth helps to provide a greater provision of sustainable travel options. A network of electrically assisted bikes are of particular benefit to residents who do not own a car, those who have lower levels of access to public transport and for residents who live in steeper areas.
Report a problem
The quickest way to report a rental e-bike that is causing an obstruction or is damaged is to contact the relevant operator directly. Issues can be reported as follows:
Lime
- Through the Lime mobile app:
- In the menu, choose Help
- Select Improper or illegal parking
- Take a photo of the vehicle and provide any relevant information in the comment field.
- For those who do not have access to the mobile app, you can complete Lime’s contact form. To enable a faster response, please provide the vehicle number (located under the QR code), attach an image of the vehicle and the address in which it is located
- By phone: 0800 808 5223 and select option 2
- By email: london-ops@li.me with vehicle ID, the location and an image
Forest
- Through the Forest mobile app ('Report a badly parked e-bike' by scanning the QR code on the e-bike)
- For those who do not have access to the mobile app, you can complete the following form.
- Number: 020 8157 7491 (live Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)
- Email: cs@humanforest.co.uk with vehicle ID, the location and an image