Image credit: Lyft Lyft is launching its main rider app in Europe, allowing North American customers to use their existing account to book journeys across a growing number of European cities without downloading a separate local app. The rollout starts today, 30 September, with early access in Barcelona and Hamburg. Lyft said availability will expand throughout October to major cities including London, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Athens and Warsaw. By the end of October, visiting rid

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has set out his vision for a London-wide dockless e-bike licensing system, calling for urgent secondary legislation to replace the capital’s fragmented borough-by-borough arrangements. The proposed framework would give Transport for London statutory powers to regulate dockless micromobility operators across the capital. It would introduce consistent standards covering safety, parking, operations and enforcement. Khan said: “The ‘Wild West’ approach

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that 41 currently licensed private hire drivers applied using a non-UK driving licence, following a Freedom of Information request published. The figure represents a small proportion of London’s 112,457 licensed private hire drivers. However, TfL said it was unable to report on a further 10,424 records without manually checking each one because of an issue with its reporting system. TfL said it was working to rectify the reporting prob