Restriction on shared scooters in Brussels suspended, drop zones retained

Restriction on shared scooters in Brussels suspended, drop zones retained

Mobility The Council of State on Thursday annulled the decision of the Brussels government to limit the number of electric shared scooters. This is what La Libre Belgique and La Dernière Heure write. In December, the Brussels Region selected Bolt and Dott as the only two operators who still had a permit for electric shared … Read more

A new obligation is proposed for scooter riders: they would have to wear helmets

A new obligation is proposed for scooter riders: they would have to wear helmets

(ELTA / Žygimantas Gedvila’s photo) All drivers of scooters and other electric micromobility devices are proposed to be obliged to wear helmets. In cases where such a device is rented, the lessor of the electric micromobility device should provide the helmet. Seimas members Andrius Vyšniauskas and Julius Sabatauskas registered the amendments to the Law on … Read more

Why Saint-Germain-en-Laye Refuses to Welcome Tier Mobility Scooters

Why Saint-Germain-en-Laye Refuses to Welcome Tier Mobility Scooters

Scooters are not welcome. At a time when self-service electric vehicles are making a place for themselves in the landscape of soft mobility in the greater suburbs, Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines) refuses to receive Tier Mobility stations, even though they are located within of the Saint-Germain – Boucles de Seine agglomeration (CASGBS) since spring 2022. A position … Read more

The Need for Civil Liability Insurance for Scooter Users to Ensure Pedestrian Safety

The Need for Civil Liability Insurance for Scooter Users to Ensure Pedestrian Safety

«People who use scooters should be required to have “a civil liability insurance, because when accidents occur we see situations that have no coverage whatsoever.” It is the reflection of María José Broseta, the president of the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Valencia, who is very concerned because these VMPs occupy pedestrian areas, which they … Read more

Regulations and Enforcement of Electric Scooters in Sofia: How the Capital Controls the Use of Eco-Friendly Transport

Regulations and Enforcement of Electric Scooters in Sofia: How the Capital Controls the Use of Eco-Friendly Transport

Paris is collecting the last electric scooters and from tomorrow they are banned. We checked how in Sofia the movement with the otherwise ecological transport is controlled. In the capital, there is a ban on the use of scooters in pedestrian areas and in parks. The fine is BGN 50 for citizens and BGN 300 … Read more