EastSheenMatters reported on 20 March 2026 that Richmond Council had decided to prefer Forest to Lime in the e-bike battle. ESM asked whether Lime might seek to review the decision in the courts.

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Lime seems to have adopted a different approach. It is reported today in the Times that Lime has been promoting a petition urging residents to press the Council to reconsider their decision.

The Council reports: “It has been brought to the council’s attention via a resident that they have been contacted by email, phone and content ‘pushed’ to the resident and presumably other residents of the borough, via the Lime app promoting a petition.”

The term astroturf lobbying seems to have entered the local lexicon!

The Council have issued a ‘cease and desist letter’.