Californian start - up Lime has released its first annual report , revealing that people have taken six million dollars on its dockless bikes and bikes . The company , which recently secured $ 335 m from Uber and Alphabet , said it had seen a 20 % increase in use low - income bikes in Washington , against flat demand for docked machines , while e - scooters and e - bikes were around 21 % faster at letting customers get to their bikes than pedal bikes . The National Association of Transportation Officials said around 40 % of the roughly 200 bikes were dockless , but the ability to leave the machines anywhere has led to criticism .
Californian start-up Lime has released its first annual report, revealing that people have taken six million rides on its dockless bikes and scooters. The company, which recently secured $335m from Uber and Alphabet, said it had seen a 20% increase in use low-income users in Washington, against flat demand for docked machines, while e-scooters and e-bikes were around 21% faster at helping people get to their destinations than pedal bikes. The National Association of Transportation Officials said around 40% of the roughly 100,000 bikes were dockless, but the ability to leave the machines anywhere has led to criticism.