Trips made on Lime bikes up by 74 per cent compared with last week but crowded roads have become ‘terrifying’

With almost no underground trains running until Friday, demand for shared bike services and river transport has surged.

Trips made on Lime bikes up by 74 per cent compared with last week but crowded roads have become ‘terrifying’

These much-maligned green e-bikes have helped commuters defeat RMT’s Luddite train drivers

London commuters take to e-bikes with resulting traffic chaos also delaying ambulances from getting to sick patients

Santander cycles, operated by Transport for London (TfL), saw users soar in number by 72 per cent, while customers of e-bike companies such as Lime, Forest and Voi also shot up.