TfL to fine firms whose electric bikes block pavements

Lime runs about about 30,000 electric bikes in London. Photograph: Zoe Linkson/PA

Dockless e-bike companies will be fined when their cycles block roads and spaces outside underground stations under a new crackdown by Transport for London (TfL).

The capital’s transport operator has published a new enforcement policy to tackle the growing problem of dumped bikes cluttering walkways throughout the capital, which will include fines of £50 for each bike found blocking a walkway.