Dockless Cycle Hire

Parking bays for rental e‑scooters and e‑bikes around Lambeth.

In early 2024, Lambeth installed a large batch of new parking bays meaning that there are now 240 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

Bay installation and consultation feedback

New shared dockless bays were selected considering factors such as road safety, expected levels of demand, network density considerations and impact on residents. Based on feedback from the consultation on the existing e-scooter bays, bays are not located adjacent to disabled parking bays or loading bays. 

All new bays were installed under an experimental traffic order. This means that as soon as the bay is installed the consultation begins and is live for a minimum of six months. A decision to make the bay permanent is required after the minimum consultation period and within 18 months of installation. 

Submit feedback by visiting active consultations and choosing ‘E-scooters and Dockless Bikes’.

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. 

The expansion across the whole borough is 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 will help to provide a greater provision of sustainable travel options. A network of electrically assisted bikes will be 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

If you have an issue with a specific operator, for example, a rental e-bike which is broken or has been left outside of a parking bay, you can contact them directly using the details below:  

TIER 

Lime 

Forest