Paris on Friday became the first European capital to introduce a ban on self-service rented electric scooters after five years of concerns surrounding their safety and environmental impact. The ban, which went into effect Friday, comes two days after a 12-year-old girl was reportedly killed on an e-scooter after colliding with a car in Chessy,…
Paris will ban e-scooters after voter poll, but providers criticise vote in which only 4 percent of residents took part. The Paris city government has said it plans to ban e-scooters in September following a referendum in which 89 percent of respondents said they were in favour of doing so. But e-scooter companies criticised the vote as […]
International, MNA | Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators
Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners. The referendum means the City of Light, once a pioneer in embracing e-scooter services, is set to become the only major European capital to outlaw the widespread devices booked on apps such as Lime.