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Westminster Council failing to tackle abandoned e-bikes

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Saturday, 28 June, 2025
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Across Westminster, local people regularly complain about abandoned e-bikes - blocking pavements or residents' car park bays, causing a risk to older people, to the visually impaired or those with young families. We are not against cycling, but we need to make sure the needs of pedestrians and other road users are taken into account.

Westminster Conservatives' Group Leader Cllr Paul Swaddle brought GLA member Susan Hall to Lancaster Gate to see the problems first-hand and hear the frustrations of local people. 

Susan Hall AM: Do you know, one of the things in inner London are bikes everywhere. And I'm in Westminster today with Paul. Paul, what's going on with this? 

Cllr Paul Swaddle: Well, look, this is, yet again, a place where they've decided just litter the place with bikes. There are bays, lots of bays across Westminster, but these are all in a residents' parking bay. How are residents supposed to park? 

It's outrageous that Westminster Council is doing nothing about it. Other councils, Kensington and Chelsea, even TfL, are taking bikes off the street. 

Yet, Westminster refuse. It's shocking. 

Susan Hall AM: It is ridiculous.

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