Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution | Agustin Guilisasti

Paris converted tens of thousands of on-street parking spaces into docking stations, fundamentally changing its approach to public space Agustin Guilisasti is founder and CEO of the London ebike operator Forest Shared ebikes have become a key part of London’s transport network. From Hounslow to Greenwich, it’s rare to step on to the street without seeing one, and they now facilitate millions of journeys every month. Forest recorded 3m rides this July alone, a new high. Demand keeps rising, and operators are logging ever-higher ride-per-bike ratios, a key measure of how intensively fleets are being used. This is good news for London, which gains a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable way t

What is happening The Guardian reports: Paris converted tens of thousands of on-street parking spaces into docking stations, fundamentally changing its approach to public space Agustin Guilisasti is founder and CEO of the London ebike operator Forest Shared ebikes have become a key part of London’s transport network. From Hounslow to Greenwich, it’s rare to step on to the street without seeing one, and they now facilitate millions of journeys every month. Forest recorded 3m rides this July alone, a new high. Demand keeps rising, and operators are logging ever-higher ride-per-bike ratios, a key measure of how intensively fleets are being used. This is good news for London, which gains a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable way t The problem The public problem in this report is the one named by the source: “Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution | Agustin Guilisasti”. A response on MLAIEL should not add a cause, a number, or a remedy the source does not state. Open the source for the detail. What a team can do on MLAIEL A team can look at the transport problem the source describes — a cut, a delay, a closure, or a safety warning — and open a project whose claims match that report. Source The Guardian — Badly parked ebikes in London are a menace – but other cities have shown us the solution | Agustin Guilisasti https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/03/ebike-parking-london-solution-paris-public-space