The head of policy at Forest, Alex Berwin, said the company “cares deeply about making a positive impact in the city” and they “remain committed to being a responsible operator and a constructive partner to Islington Council”.<\/p>\n
He added that Forest took the issues raised seriously, and that they were investing heavily in better parking technology, in-app guidance and clear instructions “to help users park responsibly and reduce street clutter”. <\/p>\n
He also said the company’s local team “responded quickly” when issues were reported and said they were the only operator to have fully switched off night-time servicing to reduce disturbance for residents.<\/p>\n
A Lime spokesperson said that to ensure bikes were charged and available outside people’s homes, “some overnight operations are essential”. <\/p>\n
The company said it was, however, “working with the council on practical steps to minimise disruption for residents, especially during the night.<\/p>\n
“Record demand for our service has led to some parking challenges in Islington, which we’re working to address.”<\/p>\n
It added that this year it had helped fund over 150 dedicated parking bays in the borough – and had a team tidying misparked bikes and overcrowded bays “faster than ever”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of policy at Forest, Alex Berwin, said the company “cares deeply about making a positive impact…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-318607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}