The city of Montreal announced Wednesday the end of self-service electric scooters in 2020, due to the lack of respect of users vis-à-vis the regulations. “Only 20% of scooters have been parked“in the dedicated spaces, the city noted, mentioning in a press release the challenges for the”security“, a “disorder“and a cohabitation”sometimes difficult with pedestrians“.
Montreal doesn’t want to turn into a scooter police
“Montreal doesn’t want to turn into a scooter police“, underlined Eric Alan Caldwell, responsible for mobility within the town hall, lambasting”an 80% delinquency rate“regarding compliance with regulations.”The operators failed to ensure their responsibility for compliance with the regulations“, he pointed to the executive committee, assuring”that in 2020 there will be no more scooters in the streets of Montreal“.
The city fired “a statement of failure“, he continued, for the 680 vehicles deployed since June, during the review of the pilot project of electric bikes and scooters in Montreal.
In many cities around the world, the appearance of these new silent devices was quickly perceived as a threat by pedestrians and the authorities began to want to regulate them.
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