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Germany legalises e-scooters but bans them from the pavement
voltariders / May 20, 2019
German lawmakers voted on Friday to allow e-scooters to take to the streets making the UK the last major European economy to still ban them.
The text approved by the Bundesrat on Friday enables battery-powered scooters to circulate on roads and cycle paths but forbids them from being used on the pavements. Users must be 14 or over and must respect a 20 kilometres per hours speed limit.
Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Twitter that with the vote, Germany is “paving the way for the mobility of the future with the greatest possible road safety.”
“The regulation takes into account the interests of all road users,” he added.
A boost for public transport?
The move was also welcomed by Achim Berg, President of Bitkom, the country’s largest digital association. In a statement, Berg said that “e-scooters can be an ideal complement to bus and train for the last few kilometres to the destination. This makes public transport more attractive and can reduce car journeys.”
The main cycling association, ADFC, meanwhile, was a bit more measured in its response, writing in a statement that the “joy of the upcoming approval of electric scooters” is “clouded by the lack of infrastructure” for them.
“We now need twice as much space for cycling,” it added.
Several companies providing e-scooters for hire are already engaged in a heated battle for the European market. They include home-grown companies like Berlin start-up Tier and Sweden’s Voi as well as US firms the likes of Bird and Lime.
So far, e-scooters for hire can be found in 11 European countries — Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland — with trials taking place in others including Italy and new launches expected soon.
Bird announced last month, for instance, that it planned to expand to 50 new cities across Europe and the Middle East.
“The rapid expansion into new cities and deeper footprint in existing markets will result in Europe and the Middle East representing nearly 50% of Bird’s worldwide operations,” the company said in a statement.
Accidents and injuries
But although the road for e-scooters may have been paved with good intention, it wasn’t without a few bumps.
France hardened its stance against e-scooters earlier this month with Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne describing the arrival of e-scooters as “very rapid and a little anarchic” in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper.
She announced that as a result of accidents and “a feeling of growing discomfort on sidewalks”, e-scooters users will from September be banned from circulating on pavements, be limited to a 25 kilometre per hour speed and be forbidden from using headphones while riding. Any infraction will result in a €135 fine.
Studies are also coming out revealing how dangerous they can be. One, conducted in the Texan city of Austin, in the US, in from September to November 2018, found that at least 190 riders were injured during the study period. Almost half had a severe injury, most of which (84%) were fractures.
Another study conducted at an emergency room in California over a one-year period recorded 249 patients presenting with injuries associated with electric scooter use.
It highlighted that “riders share roads with fast-moving vehicular traffic but appear to underestimate hazards.”
The UK remains the last large European economy to ban e-scooters as well as segways and hoverboards from public spaces.
Source: https://www.euronews.com
voltariders / May 20, 2019
German lawmakers voted on Friday to allow e-scooters to take to the streets making the UK the last major European economy to still ban them.
The text approved by the Bundesrat on Friday enables battery-powered scooters to circulate on roads and cycle paths but forbids them from being used on the pavements. Users must be 14 or over and must respect a 20 kilometres per hours speed limit.
Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Twitter that with the vote, Germany is “paving the way for the mobility of the future with the greatest possible road safety.”
“The regulation takes into account the interests of all road users,” he added.
A boost for public transport?
The move was also welcomed by Achim Berg, President of Bitkom, the country’s largest digital association. In a statement, Berg said that “e-scooters can be an ideal complement to bus and train for the last few kilometres to the destination. This makes public transport more attractive and can reduce car journeys.”
The main cycling association, ADFC, meanwhile, was a bit more measured in its response, writing in a statement that the “joy of the upcoming approval of electric scooters” is “clouded by the lack of infrastructure” for them.
“We now need twice as much space for cycling,” it added.
Several companies providing e-scooters for hire are already engaged in a heated battle for the European market. They include home-grown companies like Berlin start-up Tier and Sweden’s Voi as well as US firms the likes of Bird and Lime.
So far, e-scooters for hire can be found in 11 European countries — Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland — with trials taking place in others including Italy and new launches expected soon.
Bird announced last month, for instance, that it planned to expand to 50 new cities across Europe and the Middle East.
“The rapid expansion into new cities and deeper footprint in existing markets will result in Europe and the Middle East representing nearly 50% of Bird’s worldwide operations,” the company said in a statement.
Accidents and injuries
But although the road for e-scooters may have been paved with good intention, it wasn’t without a few bumps.
France hardened its stance against e-scooters earlier this month with Transport Minister Elisabeth Borne describing the arrival of e-scooters as “very rapid and a little anarchic” in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper.
She announced that as a result of accidents and “a feeling of growing discomfort on sidewalks”, e-scooters users will from September be banned from circulating on pavements, be limited to a 25 kilometre per hour speed and be forbidden from using headphones while riding. Any infraction will result in a €135 fine.
Studies are also coming out revealing how dangerous they can be. One, conducted in the Texan city of Austin, in the US, in from September to November 2018, found that at least 190 riders were injured during the study period. Almost half had a severe injury, most of which (84%) were fractures.
Another study conducted at an emergency room in California over a one-year period recorded 249 patients presenting with injuries associated with electric scooter use.
It highlighted that “riders share roads with fast-moving vehicular traffic but appear to underestimate hazards.”
The UK remains the last large European economy to ban e-scooters as well as segways and hoverboards from public spaces.
Source: https://www.euronews.com
Austria: Ban on Riding E-Scooters on Sidewalks Enacted
(May 31, 2019) On May 22, 2019, an amendment to the Austrian Traffic Ordinance was published in the Federal Law Gazette that generally prohibits riding electric scooters (e-scooters) on sidewalks, unless otherwise permitted. E-Scooter riders must use bike lanes. The amendment will enter into force on June 1, 2019. (Änderung der Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 (31. StVO-Novelle) [Amendment to the Traffic Ordinance 1960 (31st Amendment)], BUNDESGESETZBLATT [BGBl.] [FEDERAL LAW GAZETTE] I, No. 37/2019, § 88b, Legal Information System Austria website; Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 [StVO 1960] [Traffic Ordinance 1960], July 6, 1960, BGBl. I No. 159/1960, Legal Information System Austria website.)
Features of the Amendment
The amendment of the Traffic Ordinance clarifies that scooters are not considered “vehicles” by amending the general definition of vehicles. (31st Amendment, no. 1.) Furthermore, the Amendment generally prohibits riding e-scooters on sidewalks. As an exception, public authorities may pass an ordinance that permits riding e-scooters on certain sidewalks if the e-scooters have a maximum wattage of 600 and a top speed of 25 kmh (15.5 mph). (Id. no. 10, § 88b, para. 1.) In all other cases, e-scooters with a maximum wattage of 600 and a top speed of 25 kmh must use bike lanes. (Id.) In addition, e-scooter riders must adhere to all the traffic rules applicable to bicyclists. (Id. § 88b, para. 2.)
E-Scooter riders must not endanger or hinder other traffic participants; in particular on sidewalks, they must not move faster than a walking pace and must adjust their speed to pedestrian traffic in pedestrian zones and on residential streets. (Id. § 88b, para. 3.)
In addition, children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by a person 16 years or older, except for when they possess a bike license. (Id. § 88b, para. 4.)
Finally, e-scooters must be equipped with effective braking devices; retroreflectors or reflecting foil that reflects in white to the front, in red to the back, and in yellow to the side; and a white front light and red back light for darkness and poor visibility. (Id. § 88, para. 5.)
Author: Jenny Gesley
Topic: Motor vehicles, Sports and recreation, Transportation and public works
Jurisdiction: Austria
Date: May 31, 2019
(May 31, 2019) On May 22, 2019, an amendment to the Austrian Traffic Ordinance was published in the Federal Law Gazette that generally prohibits riding electric scooters (e-scooters) on sidewalks, unless otherwise permitted. E-Scooter riders must use bike lanes. The amendment will enter into force on June 1, 2019. (Änderung der Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 (31. StVO-Novelle) [Amendment to the Traffic Ordinance 1960 (31st Amendment)], BUNDESGESETZBLATT [BGBl.] [FEDERAL LAW GAZETTE] I, No. 37/2019, § 88b, Legal Information System Austria website; Straßenverkehrsordnung 1960 [StVO 1960] [Traffic Ordinance 1960], July 6, 1960, BGBl. I No. 159/1960, Legal Information System Austria website.)
Features of the Amendment
The amendment of the Traffic Ordinance clarifies that scooters are not considered “vehicles” by amending the general definition of vehicles. (31st Amendment, no. 1.) Furthermore, the Amendment generally prohibits riding e-scooters on sidewalks. As an exception, public authorities may pass an ordinance that permits riding e-scooters on certain sidewalks if the e-scooters have a maximum wattage of 600 and a top speed of 25 kmh (15.5 mph). (Id. no. 10, § 88b, para. 1.) In all other cases, e-scooters with a maximum wattage of 600 and a top speed of 25 kmh must use bike lanes. (Id.) In addition, e-scooter riders must adhere to all the traffic rules applicable to bicyclists. (Id. § 88b, para. 2.)
E-Scooter riders must not endanger or hinder other traffic participants; in particular on sidewalks, they must not move faster than a walking pace and must adjust their speed to pedestrian traffic in pedestrian zones and on residential streets. (Id. § 88b, para. 3.)
In addition, children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by a person 16 years or older, except for when they possess a bike license. (Id. § 88b, para. 4.)
Finally, e-scooters must be equipped with effective braking devices; retroreflectors or reflecting foil that reflects in white to the front, in red to the back, and in yellow to the side; and a white front light and red back light for darkness and poor visibility. (Id. § 88, para. 5.)
Author: Jenny Gesley
Topic: Motor vehicles, Sports and recreation, Transportation and public works
Jurisdiction: Austria
Date: May 31, 2019
France to ban electric scooters from sidewalks
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a dock-free electric scooter Lime-S by California-based bicycle sharing service Lime displayed on their launch day in Paris, France, June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government plans to ban electric scooters from sidewalks and will require riders to use bike lanes or roads, the transport minister said on Tuesday.
Elisabeth Borne told parliament that a new law on mobility, set to be presented in coming weeks, will create a new category in traffic regulations for electric scooters - called “trottinettes” in French - to make sure that local authorities can regulate their use.
“We cannot let these devices that move at 20 to 30 kilometers an hour jeopardize the security of pedestrians on the sidewalks,” Borne told parliament.
In the past months, two Californian scooter operators - Lime [UBER.UL] and Bird - have put hundreds of electric scooters on the roads in Paris, where they compete with two Chinese-run dockless bicycle sharing schemes and the city-operated Velib bike scheme. reut.rs/2AoAoGk reut.rs/2D1fgbM
Sales of electric scooters have also boomed country-wide as many suburban commuters buy the scooters to get from their home or office to train or metro stations and take the lightweight scooters with them to work.
In 2017, more than 100,000 electric scooters were sold, according to the French Micro Mobility Federation.
Reporting by Simon Carraud and Geert De Clercq; Editing by Ingrid Melander and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a dock-free electric scooter Lime-S by California-based bicycle sharing service Lime displayed on their launch day in Paris, France, June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government plans to ban electric scooters from sidewalks and will require riders to use bike lanes or roads, the transport minister said on Tuesday.
Elisabeth Borne told parliament that a new law on mobility, set to be presented in coming weeks, will create a new category in traffic regulations for electric scooters - called “trottinettes” in French - to make sure that local authorities can regulate their use.
“We cannot let these devices that move at 20 to 30 kilometers an hour jeopardize the security of pedestrians on the sidewalks,” Borne told parliament.
In the past months, two Californian scooter operators - Lime [UBER.UL] and Bird - have put hundreds of electric scooters on the roads in Paris, where they compete with two Chinese-run dockless bicycle sharing schemes and the city-operated Velib bike scheme. reut.rs/2AoAoGk reut.rs/2D1fgbM
Sales of electric scooters have also boomed country-wide as many suburban commuters buy the scooters to get from their home or office to train or metro stations and take the lightweight scooters with them to work.
In 2017, more than 100,000 electric scooters were sold, according to the French Micro Mobility Federation.
Reporting by Simon Carraud and Geert De Clercq; Editing by Ingrid Melander and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Council votes to ban e-scooter riding on San Antonio sidewalks
Bruce Selcraig May 30, 2019 Updated: May 30, 2019 5:27 p.m.
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1of8A woman and and man, left, ride scooters across W. Commerce St. on the side walk at Presa Street on Thursday, May, 30, 2019. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
2of8Jose Velasquez, left, and Joanna Escobedo, here in San Antonio from the Valley on vacation, ride scooters on the side walk on Presa Street. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
3of8A young girl rides a scooter on a crowded side walk on Commerce Street on Thursday, May, 30, 2019. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
A scooter-riding prohibition on sidewalks likely would have been imposed this fall, but the City Council voted to speed it up Thursday. By June 30, legal ridership will be limited to streets, along with bicycles and other traffic.
Council member John Courage said he saw no good reason to wait, and most of his colleagues agreed.
“I think the safety factor is very clear here,” Courage said at the council’s weekly session. “Waiting until October is just waiting for accidents to occur.”
But don’t expect tough fines or a city-wide crackdown by vigilant scooter police.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Council member Roberto Treviño seemed to speak for a majority when they said they weren’t seeking strict overnight enforcement that might send an unwelcome message to the tourists who make up a large part of the scooter-riding population.
They recommended that police use “discretion” and spoke of the need for educating the public about the no-sidewalks rule, which cities across the country have adopted in response to a transportation phenomenon that took nearly all of them by surprise.
Since last October, when the city embarked on a pilot program that permitted some 16,100 dockless vehicles, various Council members have said scooters endanger sidewalk pedestrians and create visual clutter even when parked.
Thursday’s amendment to the city’s scooter ordinance passed 9-1, with Council member Manny Pelaez dissenting. The June 30 ban will apply to riding on sidewalks. Riders and scooter company wranglers still can park, drop or otherwise abandon the vehicles on sidewalks for the time being. But more changes are coming.
The Council on Thursday extended the permits of the seven companies currently operating scooters in the city and gave informal approval for city staff to proceed with a request-for-proposals (RFP) process that by October will reduce the number of companies to three and impose a set of requirements on them.
Council member Shirley Gonzales, who was out of town Thursday, has been a consistent scooter supporter and opponent of using the RFP process to regulate them. She has often said their companies and customers shouldn’t be made to jump through any more legal hoops than automobile drivers.
“While I am in agreement with many of the specific parts of this program,” she said in a statement after the Council’s action Thursday, “there are still areas regarding helmets, curfews, RFP’s, staff training and enforcement where we should remain watchful as this program unfolds.”
Pelaez, who said his District 8 constituents were uniformly opposed to scooters, said he voted against the sidewalk ban because he believed it was unworkable in just 30 days.
“How does anyone expect us to enforce that? It’ll be summer. Do we expect all the tourists to know the rules? I don’t see any army of police with ticket books writing citations. I think we just set ourselves up for failure,” he said.
The major points of the RFP, expected to be issued June 7, include:
The three companies permited to rent scooters will operate a total of 5,000 dockless vehicles and be guaranteed 1,666 each.
The chosen companies will pay the city an annual permit fee of $100 per vehicle and a one-time fee of $25,000, which the city says will be used to pay for more police overtime, education programs and administrative costs.
Companies must place on the scooters “visible notification” that riders must be over 16 and must not ride in tandem or on sidewalks, including the River Walk, or go more than 15 mph.
Operators “will be asked” to submit information on vehicle maintenance, rider user agreements, insurance coverage, procedures for reporting accidents, vehicle safety features, policies on parking, and use of “geofencing” to restrict scooters in places like city parks.
The RFP requirements contain no mention of making helmets mandatory, a measure supported by scores of emergency care physicians who say helmets have saved thousands of bicyclists’ and motorcyclists’ lives. Since scooters arrived in dozens of American cities last June there have been at least nine riders killed in various types of collisions.
On ExpressNews.com: Did we actually sign that? The rise of e-scooters and the lawsuits that followed
Council member Ana Sandoval said she wanted helmets to be mandatory, but she didn’t think a majority on Council would back her up.
“If we’re concerned about safety,” she said to her colleagues, “then helmets are absolutely essential, but I don’t see support for that here.”
All Council members have said they strongly encourage riders to use helmets, as do the scooter companies themselves. Two major scooter injury health studies - one involving two UCLA hospitals and the other conducted by the Austin health department with the Centers for Disease Control - have shown that more 40 percent of scooter injuries involved the head.
On ExpressNews.com: Can San Antonio convince — or force — e-scooter riders to wear helmets?
City staff and Council members agree that there should be “incentives” to get the scooter companies to figure out a way to distribute helmets free of charge. Treviño said he plans to work with a local doctor to distribute 800 free helmets.
No scooter company has publicly pushed for mandatory helmets, believing it would be a competitive disadvantage with young riders.
There was also support on Council for removing the current 11 p.m. curfew on scooters. Several said they were sympathetic to late-night workers who needed cheap transportation, but the downside, with the new sidewalk ban, would be more riding in the streets after dark. San Antonio Fire Department records show the frequency of scooter accidents increases significantly late at night.
Companies will have 45 days to submit their RFP proposals to the city. Then an evaluation committee will spend most of August and into September interviewing finalists.
By early October, city officials hope to have the three winners selected from a crowd of at least 14 applicants, including the likes of Bird, Lime, Lyft, Razor, Spin, Jump and San Antonio-based Blue Duck.
Bruce Selcraig is a staff writer in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. Read his stories on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | [email protected]
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Bruce Selcraig May 30, 2019 Updated: May 30, 2019 5:27 p.m.
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1of8A woman and and man, left, ride scooters across W. Commerce St. on the side walk at Presa Street on Thursday, May, 30, 2019. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
2of8Jose Velasquez, left, and Joanna Escobedo, here in San Antonio from the Valley on vacation, ride scooters on the side walk on Presa Street. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
3of8A young girl rides a scooter on a crowded side walk on Commerce Street on Thursday, May, 30, 2019. The City Council voted to ban riding scooters on sidewalks by June 30.Photo: Bob Owen /Staff photographer
A scooter-riding prohibition on sidewalks likely would have been imposed this fall, but the City Council voted to speed it up Thursday. By June 30, legal ridership will be limited to streets, along with bicycles and other traffic.
Council member John Courage said he saw no good reason to wait, and most of his colleagues agreed.
“I think the safety factor is very clear here,” Courage said at the council’s weekly session. “Waiting until October is just waiting for accidents to occur.”
But don’t expect tough fines or a city-wide crackdown by vigilant scooter police.
Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Council member Roberto Treviño seemed to speak for a majority when they said they weren’t seeking strict overnight enforcement that might send an unwelcome message to the tourists who make up a large part of the scooter-riding population.
They recommended that police use “discretion” and spoke of the need for educating the public about the no-sidewalks rule, which cities across the country have adopted in response to a transportation phenomenon that took nearly all of them by surprise.
Since last October, when the city embarked on a pilot program that permitted some 16,100 dockless vehicles, various Council members have said scooters endanger sidewalk pedestrians and create visual clutter even when parked.
Thursday’s amendment to the city’s scooter ordinance passed 9-1, with Council member Manny Pelaez dissenting. The June 30 ban will apply to riding on sidewalks. Riders and scooter company wranglers still can park, drop or otherwise abandon the vehicles on sidewalks for the time being. But more changes are coming.
The Council on Thursday extended the permits of the seven companies currently operating scooters in the city and gave informal approval for city staff to proceed with a request-for-proposals (RFP) process that by October will reduce the number of companies to three and impose a set of requirements on them.
Council member Shirley Gonzales, who was out of town Thursday, has been a consistent scooter supporter and opponent of using the RFP process to regulate them. She has often said their companies and customers shouldn’t be made to jump through any more legal hoops than automobile drivers.
“While I am in agreement with many of the specific parts of this program,” she said in a statement after the Council’s action Thursday, “there are still areas regarding helmets, curfews, RFP’s, staff training and enforcement where we should remain watchful as this program unfolds.”
Pelaez, who said his District 8 constituents were uniformly opposed to scooters, said he voted against the sidewalk ban because he believed it was unworkable in just 30 days.
“How does anyone expect us to enforce that? It’ll be summer. Do we expect all the tourists to know the rules? I don’t see any army of police with ticket books writing citations. I think we just set ourselves up for failure,” he said.
The major points of the RFP, expected to be issued June 7, include:
The three companies permited to rent scooters will operate a total of 5,000 dockless vehicles and be guaranteed 1,666 each.
The chosen companies will pay the city an annual permit fee of $100 per vehicle and a one-time fee of $25,000, which the city says will be used to pay for more police overtime, education programs and administrative costs.
Companies must place on the scooters “visible notification” that riders must be over 16 and must not ride in tandem or on sidewalks, including the River Walk, or go more than 15 mph.
Operators “will be asked” to submit information on vehicle maintenance, rider user agreements, insurance coverage, procedures for reporting accidents, vehicle safety features, policies on parking, and use of “geofencing” to restrict scooters in places like city parks.
The RFP requirements contain no mention of making helmets mandatory, a measure supported by scores of emergency care physicians who say helmets have saved thousands of bicyclists’ and motorcyclists’ lives. Since scooters arrived in dozens of American cities last June there have been at least nine riders killed in various types of collisions.
On ExpressNews.com: Did we actually sign that? The rise of e-scooters and the lawsuits that followed
Council member Ana Sandoval said she wanted helmets to be mandatory, but she didn’t think a majority on Council would back her up.
“If we’re concerned about safety,” she said to her colleagues, “then helmets are absolutely essential, but I don’t see support for that here.”
All Council members have said they strongly encourage riders to use helmets, as do the scooter companies themselves. Two major scooter injury health studies - one involving two UCLA hospitals and the other conducted by the Austin health department with the Centers for Disease Control - have shown that more 40 percent of scooter injuries involved the head.
On ExpressNews.com: Can San Antonio convince — or force — e-scooter riders to wear helmets?
City staff and Council members agree that there should be “incentives” to get the scooter companies to figure out a way to distribute helmets free of charge. Treviño said he plans to work with a local doctor to distribute 800 free helmets.
No scooter company has publicly pushed for mandatory helmets, believing it would be a competitive disadvantage with young riders.
There was also support on Council for removing the current 11 p.m. curfew on scooters. Several said they were sympathetic to late-night workers who needed cheap transportation, but the downside, with the new sidewalk ban, would be more riding in the streets after dark. San Antonio Fire Department records show the frequency of scooter accidents increases significantly late at night.
Companies will have 45 days to submit their RFP proposals to the city. Then an evaluation committee will spend most of August and into September interviewing finalists.
By early October, city officials hope to have the three winners selected from a crowd of at least 14 applicants, including the likes of Bird, Lime, Lyft, Razor, Spin, Jump and San Antonio-based Blue Duck.
Bruce Selcraig is a staff writer in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. Read his stories on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | [email protected]
https://www.expressnews.com/author/bruce-selcraig-/
Denver City Council bans electric scooters from sidewalks (VIDEO)
https://www.9news.com/video/traffic...1e848-7e64-4469-b576-84c46c08ed05?jwsource=cl
The Denver City Council has unanimously approved new rules for electric scooters that will keep the vehicles off city sidewalks.
The decision was part of a block vote to pass items on the consent agenda at the council's Monday-night meeting, and there was no discussion.
Under the new ordinance, powered scooters can only be used on streets or in designated bike lanes.
https://www.9news.com/video/traffic...1e848-7e64-4469-b576-84c46c08ed05?jwsource=cl
The Denver City Council has unanimously approved new rules for electric scooters that will keep the vehicles off city sidewalks.
The decision was part of a block vote to pass items on the consent agenda at the council's Monday-night meeting, and there was no discussion.
Under the new ordinance, powered scooters can only be used on streets or in designated bike lanes.
Madrid bans electric scooters from city's sidewalks
Sabela Ojea
2 MIN READ
A woman rides a dock-free electric scooter Lime-S by California-based bicycle and scooter sharing service Lime, on a street in Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid’s government banned electric scooters from sidewalks on Wednesday to both remove a threat to pedestrians and help regulate alternative transport technologies that have become more popular amid efforts to cut air pollution.
The new law echoes a regulation in France after companies such as Lime [UBER.UL] flooded European cities with thousands of e-scooters in recent months amid surging demand.
Madrid has been struggling to reduce one of Europe’s highest levels of air pollution, which exceeded limits for every month in 2017, however, the sudden rise in use of the skateboard-like scooters has raised concern over their danger to pedestrians.
The measures are an attempt to regulate public and private transport, bicycles, private vehicles, and electric scooters, all of which will be forced to share Madrid streets at a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour (18 mph).
The move to force the electric scooters - some of which can travel at speeds topping 60 kph - off the sidewalks could also cause problems, taxi driver Juan Rodriguez said.
“They going to need good insurance,” he said, adding the move was dangerous for car and scooter users alike. He said the Madrid government would have to rethink the measure “once someone gets killed, by accident, on the road.”
Información de Sabela Ojea Guix; Editing by Paul Day and Mark Heinrich
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Sabela Ojea
2 MIN READ
A woman rides a dock-free electric scooter Lime-S by California-based bicycle and scooter sharing service Lime, on a street in Madrid, Spain, October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna
MADRID (Reuters) - Madrid’s government banned electric scooters from sidewalks on Wednesday to both remove a threat to pedestrians and help regulate alternative transport technologies that have become more popular amid efforts to cut air pollution.
The new law echoes a regulation in France after companies such as Lime [UBER.UL] flooded European cities with thousands of e-scooters in recent months amid surging demand.
Madrid has been struggling to reduce one of Europe’s highest levels of air pollution, which exceeded limits for every month in 2017, however, the sudden rise in use of the skateboard-like scooters has raised concern over their danger to pedestrians.
The measures are an attempt to regulate public and private transport, bicycles, private vehicles, and electric scooters, all of which will be forced to share Madrid streets at a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour (18 mph).
The move to force the electric scooters - some of which can travel at speeds topping 60 kph - off the sidewalks could also cause problems, taxi driver Juan Rodriguez said.
“They going to need good insurance,” he said, adding the move was dangerous for car and scooter users alike. He said the Madrid government would have to rethink the measure “once someone gets killed, by accident, on the road.”
Información de Sabela Ojea Guix; Editing by Paul Day and Mark Heinrich
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
very soon, market street in sf will only have buses, trams, bicycles, and e-scooters on it. cars and trucks will be banned with exceptions for para-transit (private minibuses) and smaller commercial vehicles (fedex, ups, postal service, amazon prime) that need to load and unload.
artist impressions on "better market street project"...
artist impressions on "better market street project"...
With automatic bollards policing the system is easily automated as shown in this classic video.
haha! those moronic motorists deserve it.
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