In the French capital Paris, the population voted in a poll to ban rental e-scooters. In Vienna, they do not want to completely put an end to rental scooters, as was confirmed in the town hall on Monday. Instead, they are relying on the new, stricter rules that will come into force in May, according to the office of Transport Councilor Ulli Sima (SPÖ).
Almost 90 percent of those who voted in Paris were in favor of banning rental devices from the streets of Paris, as the city administration announced. The socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo had announced that she would follow the vote, even if the result of the survey is not legally binding. Around 15,000 e-scooters are available for hire in Paris. Private companions are not affected by the restriction.
The proponents appreciate the rental e-scooters as an easy-to-use vehicle for covering inner-city distances. Opponents argue that the scooters are en masse in the way. There are also complaints that scooter drivers are always illegally on sidewalks.
In Vienna, the complete new regulation will ensure that the scooter chaos on the sidewalks will soon come to an end and that the climate-friendly sharing offer will be made more attractive, was assured at the APA request in the office of Transport Councilor Sima. Central points of the new regulation from May are a ban on parking scooters on sidewalks, the establishment of fixed parking spaces at hotspots and a limit on the number in districts where there was previously an oversupply.
For the inner city, the maximum number will be 500 scooters in total. In the future, a total of 1,500 scooters will be allowed in the districts of Leopoldstadt to Alsergrund and Brigittenau. In the outer districts, on the other hand, the offer is to be expanded. The park sheriffs are also responsible for monitoring the new regulations. A “digital dashboard” should also enable real-time control in the future. It is said that rule violations can be determined at any time – even retrospectively.
