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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

London can become 'another Amsterdam' says Lime bike chief as he invests £20m in capital

Cycle Superhighway 61: Timothee Chalamet attends the UK Premiere of A Complete Unknown - (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

The chief executive of Lime has hit back at complaints about e-bikes being abandoned on pavements as he announced a £20m investment in London - and the hope that the capital will become “another Amsterdam”.

Wayne Ting used an interview with The Standard to set out his vision for getting more people out of cars and onto bikes – in line with London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan’s transport strategy - as he revealed the “astonishing” popularity of rental e-bikes among young Londoners.

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