[easytiger]

Now ban them and their bike scheme counterparts in London. An absolute blight on the city.

Their USP is they can be left anywhere.

https://i.imgur.com/s59Bvf3.png

[te_chris]

The lime bikes are wonderful. I’ll fight you and anyone else who tries to take them away again.

You pic shows them towards a corner kerb with space behind.

[easytiger]

They are blocking the pavement. They are a disease. Their value to you is derived from the inconvenience they cause to others.

https://i.imgur.com/oeQjcJS.png

[te_chris]

Cars literally kill people.

They don’t always block the pavement.

They deliver far more to the city than they inconvenience. I say this as someone who has to push a stroller around.

[easytiger]

https://i.imgur.com/j1bRBp5.png

I've been pushing someone in a wheel chair for about a year now. Trust me. This is no trivial matter

[renewiltord]

Those Lime bikes are terrific. Great for access to places that don't have Santander bikes.

[easytiger]

Great for the fraction of a percent of Londoners who use them, terrible for every one else

[ehnto]

Not without problems, but still miles better than toting your car through a city centre.

[renewiltord]

I just walk past them when I'm not using them. Very easy. Hardly a problem.

[anhner]

Perhaps because you don't have a disability or a stroller with a young child so that you can comfortably and effortlessly avoid them...

[ehnto]

If sidewalks could be wider it wouldn't be as much of a concern. Narrow sidewalks are to accommodate car parking more often than not. I would rather see less of that in a city centre.

[easytiger]

The overcompensation is palpable

[renewiltord]

Had a motorcycle accident. Completely pulverized. ICU for a week. Got out and was driven everywhere for a while, but when I walked these were not a substantial burden.

[te_chris]

They’re fine with a stroller mostly. From personal experience around Hackney, Islington and Haringey.