Revealed: The plan to strip 5000 e-bikes from Sydney’s streets
The Sydney Morning Herald · David Barwell ·
A Sydney council has released plans to slash the number of shared e-bikes on its roads by more than 40 per cent.
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More than 5000 shared e-bikes would be removed from inner-city streets under a City of Sydney plan to rein in an oversupply of the vehicles blamed for clogging footpaths and causing headaches for pedestrians.
The council has released plans to impose a blanket cap of 7000 shared bikes across its local government area, down from the roughly 12,000 currently operating, and a limit of just two operators. Three companies – HelloRide, Lime and Ario – now service the area.
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