Nottingham City Council are installing a further 46 new parking racks, which brings the total to 275. Locations for the racks have been prioritised based on areas with a high usage of e-bikes and e-scooters, the current parking arrangements aren’t working and there are good connections with the local transport network. Some of the new parking spot locations include Carrington Street, Victoria Embankment and Arnold Road.
The racks make parking areas more visible and encourage more orderly parking. All parking sites are carefully assessed to balance the needs of hire scheme users, pedestrians, residents, parking and drivers. People can report e-bike parking issues by contacting Lime and e-scooter parking issues can be reported here. This new parking complements the recently finished active travel infrastructure on Porchester Road and Beechdale Road as well as the city centre cycle route.
Lime e-bikes launched in April 2023 and so far, more than 900,000 rides have been made across the city and over 1.8 million kilometres have been travelled. The e-bikes cost £1 to unlock and then 17p per minute to ride. If people would like to use the e-bikes for longer journeys, Lime offers cheaper ride passes from 30 minutes to 30 days.
Around 115,000 e-scooter trips have been made since the scheme restarted at the end of March 2025. Nottingham City Council continues to work with the police, community groups and schools to promote top tips for safe active travel.
Councillor Linda Woodings, Executive Member for Regional Development, Growth and Transport at Nottingham City Council, said: “It’s great to see how many rides people have done on Lime e-bikes and Dott e-scooters in Nottingham. By making it easier for users to park, we hope that more people will be encouraged to use e-bikes and e-scooters for short journeys. This will help to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution and improve public health.”
You can find out more about hiring a Lime e-bike on this page or hiring a Dott e-scooter on this page.
