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Met Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes told Times Radio that if e-bike operators were doing their job, flocks of their bicycles would not be seen “strewn across the pavement”.
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flocks → tell → pavement
Since the hire schemes were introduced in 2017, badly parked bikes left abandoned in public areas have been a persistent source of frustration for Londoners.
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bikes → introduce → Londoners
“We're getting a response from some of those operators and they're working with local authorities who are going to principally enforce the rules around it, but you know it's clear if they [the operators] were doing a better job you wouldn't be receiving so many calls and messages about it,” Mr Jukes told Times Radio on Monday.
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Jukes → get → Monday
“Our job of course is to go after the street robbers.
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job → go → robbers
He added: “If they were doing enough you wouldn't see flocks of their bikes strewn across the pavement preventing free access for other members of the public.”
Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley earlier this year said Scotland Yard was taking mobile phone theft “massively seriously” and was cracking down on criminals using e-bikes to swipe devices from the hands of pedestrians.
He stressed that drones were being used to pursue phone thieves on electric bikes.
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drones → add → bikes
In the 12 months from June 2025 to May 2026 the number of thefts and robberies where phones were stolen fell by 14,000, a reduction of 18% on the previous year, and that the first five months of this year saw 6,700 fewer, a drop of 20.6%.
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months → steal → %
New powers will include borough’s getting the ability to fine drunk riders.
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borough → include → riders
The proposals form part of a wider push to tackle dangerous riding, poorly parked dockless e-bikes and anti-social behaviour across the capital.
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proposals → form → capital
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Speaking to the Standard last week, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the Government wants to give Transport for London (TfL) powers to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme for shared e-bike operators, replacing the differing rules currently in place across boroughs.
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Government → read → boroughs
“We’re giving power to Transport for London to set a London-wide licensing scheme because at the moment there are different rules for different boroughs and it can be confusing for people,” she said.
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she → give → people
“We think shared e-bikes are a good thing.
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bikes → think → ?
Personally, I love them, I think they’re quick and easy for people but we need to bring some order to it.”
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we → love → it
The Government’s consultation will consider how the new powers could be enforced, with councils able to set conditions for operators, including measures to tackle anti-social behaviour and irresponsible parking.
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councils → consider → behaviour
If evidence arises that operators do not have robust plans in place to tackle dangerous e-riders, Ms Alexander said, they risk losing their licence.
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they → arise → licence
Lime has been contacted for comment.
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Lime → contact → comment
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