London’s mayor is pushing to accelerate secondary legislation so TfL can regulate dockless e-bike schemes across all boroughs, replacing the current patchwork and addressing safety, parking, and data concerns.

The proposed city-wide licensing would standardise operations, improve data sharing, enforce responsible parking, and give riders and operators consistent rules across London once fully enacted.

Although the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 gave TfL potential powers to regulate dockless micro-mobility, implementation remains delayed and is not expected before 2028.

Industry stakeholders welcome the move, saying a unified London-wide approach would benefit riders and boroughs alike.

Today’s borough arrangements rely on individual contracts or MOUs with operators, creating geographic travel and parking restrictions, bottlenecks, and uneven enforcement.

Support from micromobility groups and operators like Lime and Voi underscores demand for a city-wide regulator and common standards on fleet controls, safety, data sharing, and enforcement; boroughs would still manage parking locations.

The broader context notes e-bikes have boosted daily bike trips by about 43% since 2019, while concerns about street clutter and unsafe parking persist.

Advocates want a unified licensing scheme to promote competition, reduce fragmentation, enable seamless cross-borough travel, and ensure live data sharing and adequate parking capacity.

Major operators such as Lime UK and Ireland and Voi support city-wide regulation, arguing it would provide a clear framework, aid expansion, and improve rider and council clarity.

Operational proposals include a fixed city-wide fee, mandated data sharing, and a plan to expand parking capacity using data, with 1.7 million already allocated this year to micromobility parking and over 36,000 spaces established.

Local progress shows Richmond adopting a sole-operator model with Forest and Voi, while Hounslow maintains a joint scheme; persistent boundary frictions illustrate ongoing inconsistencies.

The Shared Micromobility Alliance urged early data sharing, parking provision, inter-borough cooperation, and licensing scope in anticipation of the regulatory framework.