The city of Paris is preparing for too many accidents and traffic problems referendum for banning the rental of electric scooters. In fact, the current situation seems unsustainable for Parisians, so much so that Mayor Anne Hidalgo has been forced to take action. At the moment, the municipality has tried to regulate the use of vehicles and provide 2,500 dedicated seats, but inconveniences remain.
Citizens are therefore called upon to express their views on this topic on April 2nd.
The decision to renew licenses
A contract for the use of Self-service scooters was signed in 2020 with the companies Dott, Lime and Tier. We’re talking about 907,000 euros a year here. The end of the agreement is set for the end of March and it is during this period that the citizens of Paris will decide what to do.
Dott, Lime, and Tier clearly recalled exceeding 400,000 users during the contract period. In short, scooters would be widespread. There would even be a trend increase of 71%. “We are convinced that Parisians have become aware of the role of decarbonized micromobility,” the operators explained, as reported by Repubblica.
Problems related to scooters
Although appreciated by users, electric scooters have caused many inconveniences to the public Traffic, and there is no need to look to Paris to judge the state of affairs. Accidents and traffic problems also happen in Italy.
Paris has tried to take action by giving the licenses and in 2019 came an ordinance enacting a minimum age of use of 12, a maximum speed of 25 km/h, the use of front and rear position lights and a ban on driving on sidewalks.
After the death of 31-year-old Miriam Segato, the Paris City Council imposed more speed limits, which has to be reduced to 10 km/h in certain particularly busy areas. However, the provisions of Mayor Anne Hidalgo did not please Transport Minister Clément Beaune, who does not want to give up the vehicle and has sided with the operators Dott, Lime and Tier. Instead of a ban, the minister would rather work on a national regulation plan.
Transport Councilor David Belliard is skeptical. “It’s been two and a half years since we implemented the maximum number of regulations allowed by law and asked the government for new tools regulateso far without success”, he explained and assessed the measures taken by the three operators as insufficient.