Towards a ban on scooters in buses and the subway?
This page is translated from the original post "Vers une interdiction des trottinettes dans les bus et métro ?" in French.
- 08/11/2023 15:28
After London and Barcelona, Madrid has decided to ban electric scooters in its public transportation due to fires.
Scooters have become junk that Europe is trying to get rid of. And quickly. Manufactured cheaply in China to drive prices down, their safety level is increasingly precarious. And spontaneous fires are becoming more frequent. Manufacturing defects, maintenance issues, charging problems—the pattern is the same: incidents are exploding—literally and figuratively.
Following outbreaks in transportation in London (England), Barcelona, or Madrid (Spain), major cities banning scooters on public transit are multiplying. In Barcelona, the fine reaches 200 euros if you are caught with your “e-scooter,” as the Anglo-Saxons call scooters.
After the ban on shared electric scooters in Paris, due to a flagrant lack of civility, will the next step be restricting their transportation on trains, metros, buses, or RER trains in the region? Same question for other cities in France?
When an idea takes hold, it’s hard to stop it…
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