Melbourne council votes to scrap Lime ebikes for failing to meet ‘bare minimum standards’

The City of Yarra’s jurisdiction, which encompasses Fitzroy, Richmond and Carlton North, boasts some of the highest rates of shared ebike use in Australia. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Shared ebikes will disappear from some inner-city Melbourne streets after a council scrapped its agreement with Australia’s largest electric bike operator.

The City of Yarra on Tuesday voted to end its memorandum of understanding with Lime, terminating its almost six-year-long trial.