Council warns dockless bikes are too easy to hack

Westminster City Council recently put out a statement regarding dockless bicycles and the ease with which they are able to be hacked. Hackers are using a bypass found on social media to ride the cycles for free and dump them wherever, bypassing any associated fines used to curtail such behaviour. We have recently met with representatives of both Westminster City Council and Lime Bikes in order to work on solutions to circumvent this behaviour, propose acceptable parking in the area and help enforce mismanaged cycles found in the area. For more information on this, please contact mike.fairmaner@fitzroviapartnership.com

 

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