Wandsworth Council to Ban Parking of E-bikes on Busy Pavements

Published on June 25, 2024

Wandsworth Council is to prohibit the parking and dumping of e-bikes on busy town centre pavements under a new initiative to “support responsible active travel.” The ban on careless e-bike parking is set to be implemented in about a month, following the completion of 111 parking bays, the council said in a statement on June 20. The bays are currently being installed across the southwest London district including in Clapham Junction, Tooting Broadway, Tooting Bec, Wandsworth Town, Balham, and Putney. These freshly painted parking zones will feature on the pavement in high footfall areas. Riders will be expected to use the provided parking bays wherever possible, but the council says responsible “free-floating” parking will still be permitted away from hotspots and in quieter parts of the borough....

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