Transport for London (TfL) has this week set out a new approach for dockless rental e-bike and e-scooter parking on its roads, London's network of red routes. The updated enforcement policy, alongside significant investment in new parking spaces, will help schemes continue to operate, while ensuring streets remain safe and accessible to everyone.

The approach will predominantly focus on dockless e-bikes, as London’s e-scooter trial already requires parking in bays, with controls in place to ensure compliance.

London Councils Executive Member for Climate, Transport and Environment, Cllr Kieron Williams, said: "Dockless e-bikes have the potential to be a major positive step forwards for London, but to work for our city they need to work for all Londoners.

"Whilst the large majority of people using the bikes do so with care and respect for their fellow residents, we are still seeing far too many blocking pavements, roads and crossings.

“London boroughs are already using enforcement powers to tackle these problems, including installing almost 2,000 new parking bays. We will be working closely with TfL to learn from their new approach, so we can continue to use all of the legal tools currently at our disposal to address these issues for our residents.

“The right long-term solution is new legislation, setting out fair and consistent rules that all operators have to abide by. However ahead of that, it is clear the current operators could and should be doing much more to address these problems. I hope this welcome move by TfL today will lead the operators to do more, working with us fix these problems so we can make dockless e-bikes a success”.

Get Online London, London's Digital Inclusion Service, led by LOTI, has won the Governance and Economy Project Award at the World Smart City Awards.

Get Online London is the UK’s first pan-city sustainable digital inclusion service, created to improve access to digital devices, connectivity and digital skills for London residents, addressing the deepening inequalities resulting from our increasingly digital society.

The awards are an international competition that recognise pioneering projects, ideas and strategies that are making cities around the world more liveable, sustainable, and economically viable. The awards attracted 429 entries from 64 countries worldwide. You can find out more about the World Smart City Awards and all the winners here.

Transport for London would like to hear your views on their options for this year’s taxi (black cab) fares and tariffs review. You can find out more and respond to the survey here. The closing date is Monday 2 December.

There are a number of by-elections due to take place in London boroughs tomorrow (Thursday 28 November), including: Barking and Dagenham (Northbury and Village wards); Enfield (Jubilee ward) and Islington (Junction ward). We will bring you the results in next week’s Key Issues.