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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

E-bike firms at war as Hackney council agrees £93m deal with Lime and Voi but rejects Forest

E-bike wars have broken out again in London after Hackney council agreed a £93m deal with two firms – but banned the capital’s second biggest bike firm from the borough.

Hackney’s decision to award exclusive contracts to Lime and Voi to operate dockless hire bikes is likely to cast further doubt on a Londonwide set of rules for e-bikes, including where they can be parked, ever being agreed.

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