| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:There is hope for a pan borough solution ... but not just yet | |
| Posted by: | David Lesniak | |
| Date/Time: | 21/08/25 11:46:00 |
| Sorry, Philippa. Who exactly on this thread is anti-bike? Every single post has criticized a policy that has just reduced the number of bikes available. A policy that has removed ease of access for everyone across London. A policy that makes it impossible for children and medical staff to avail themselves of e-bike hire to cycle seamlessly from one borough to the next. Is this something you support? Even the London Cycling Campaign has criticized it. Are they anti-bike now? Hounslow itself, has commented on a lack of a city-wide solution as has just about everyone on this thread. Is Hounslow Council anti-bike? Odd you seem to be anti-accountability. Availability - aside from being reduced - is pointless when the vehicles available are not fit for purpose. I can cycle to the border of Chiswick. That's a half mile from home. What's the point? What needs tweaking is the entirety of the what's on offer. That starts at the top with the Mayor and TfL. Local councils were given a long leash. They all failed miserably. By default, Lime stepped in and exploited the weaknesses in the so-called system and became the de facto city-wide solution for e-bike hire. They succeeded where the Mayor, TfL, local councils and quite possibly national government has failed. Lime achieved what millions upon millions of public funds could not in large part because paid officials got in their own way. The both got their way, but then got in the way of that. They had the power, the clout, the funds, the thuggery of social media behind them. They facilitated and created this mess with our money. This is entirely on Labour. Like it or not. They have now prevented Lime from providing all of London the only city-wide solution for e-bikes. A situation Labour enabled. Services which were allowed to grow and evolve with Labour's blessing and now Labour has revoked them. It's utterly nuts. How you yourself don't whinge at that is also nuts. It's your money. It's everyone's money. And Lime just wiped the floor with it because Labour let them. |