Is the end of free-floating scooters in Paris coming soon?
This page is translated from the original post "Bientôt la fin des trottinettes en libre-service à Paris ?" in French.
- 30/09/2022 15:30
After reducing the number of operators to three, will the Paris City Hall definitively ban free-floating scooters?
The success of electric scooters for free-floating use is causing a number of nuisances that the municipality of Paris is increasingly struggling to manage. The three remaining authorized operators in the capital (Lime, Dott, and Tier) will need to find solutions if they do not want their activities to be abruptly halted.
This issue was publicly addressed by David Belliard in a series of tweets. Here is what the deputy in charge of transforming public space, transportation, mobility, road code, and road infrastructure at the Paris City Hall wrote:
“With Emmanuel Grégoire (First deputy mayor of Paris in charge of urban planning, Ed.), we received the scooters operators for free-floating usage because the situation is not sustainable: scooters parked anywhere, uncertainty about environmental impact, accidents, unappealing modal shift, non-compliance with the road code.”
Five months before contract renewal, we’re questioning whether to continue or stop with the free-floating model for scooters. Are the operators able to react quickly? This is what we asked them.
If in the end the negative points (“negative externalities”) outweigh the advantages, then the decision will be simple: we will end this model. Decision within a month max.”
Scooters already banned in Toulouse
In Toulouse, the municipality has already chosen to prohibit free-floating scooters. Once again, concerns about safety and illegal parking motivated this decision.
In Bordeaux, regulatory measures have also been implemented. Only Tier and Dott operators have been authorized to establish themselves in the city. Both will deploy 750 scooters each.
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