Ealing ends MoU with ‘unresponsive’ Mobike

Bike Hire

Mobike: uncommunicative

Mobike: uncommunicative

The London Borough of Ealing has terminated its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with dockless bike hire operator Mobike after the operator repeatedly ignored the council’s operational requests.

Mobike launched bike rental in the west London borough in 2017 with 750 bikes, and said in 2018 that it was expanding the fleet to 2,000. 

Chris Cole, Ealing’s transport services manager, told councillors: “Recently, following a few months of sustained effort from officers trying...

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