Citywide action for Clean Air Day in Southampton
Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution on national Clean Air Day Southampton City Council is once again facilitating a range of activities to encourage everyone to think about how the city can collectively reduce air pollution […]
E-scooters have caused lower casualty rates compared to other travel modes, according to new RoSPA report
E-scooters have lower casualty rates compared to other travel modes, according to a new report by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The report, UK E-scooter Safety Report, finds that the risk to pedestrians is ‘relatively low’, despite the common perception. RoSPA also found that there was no significant rise in incidents […]
Private e-scooters could soon be legal on public roads
Private e-scooters could soon be legal to ride on public roads, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested. According to the Press Association, Mr Shapps is keen for the legislation to be included in the Queen’s Speech on May 10. Currently, e-scooters can only be legally used on England’s roads if they are part of trials […]
Lime e-scooters is integrated with Uber app in London and Milton Keynes
Lime e-scooters are now available to hire on the Uber app in both London and Milton Keynes, where trials of its e-scooters are taking place. The news comes as Lime recently celebrated one million e-scooter rides and five million e-bike rides in the UK. Riders will need to provide valid proof of identification and complete […]
London’s e-scooters could get enforcement cameras fitted
Cameras or sensors could be fitted to e-scooters to prevent them being ridden on pavements. The London Evening Standard newspaper reports firms involved in Transport for London’s trial of rental e-scooters are considering using technology to inform them when the battery-powered vehicles are being ridden illegally, and potentially bring them to a halt. The paper […]
Government urged to “get a grip” on dangerous and illegal e-scooters
The independent Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety is calling on the UK Government to act decisively on the growing problems of unsafe and illegal e-scooter use. In a new report it points out that 15 people have now died while illegal use of private e-scooters, eleven of them in 2021 alone. Furthermore in a […]
E-scooters “need more safety features” – survey
A new survey of 2,000 people suggests that more would use e-scooters if more safety features were introduced. More than 50 cities and towns across the country are trialling them, but while there is a belieft they reduce car usage, the survey for National Accident Helpline says there is significant concern around the safety of […]
Transport authorities call for powers to ensure e-scooter services meet local needs
The Urban Transport Group is calling for a new national enabling framework to give locally accountable transport authorities the option to regulate key aspects of micromobility rental services (like e-scooters) in line with local needs and circumstances, in a new report, published today. The new powers would give authorities the option of regulating the number […]
London’s trial of rental e-scooters exceeds milestone of half a million trips
Transport for London (TfL) and e-scooter operators Dott, Lime and TIER have released new data that shows the progress made in trialling this new form of transport in the capital in a safe and legal way. More than 585,000 trips have now been made, covering a total of 1.6 million kilometres. Around 180,000 people have […]
Ten died on e-scooters in 2021 – PACTS
Latest research from the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has found that ten people were killed and another 133 seriously injured on e-scooters in Britain last year. PACTS has been awarded a grant by the Road Safety Trust to collect data relating to incidents involving these micro-mobility devices and to form recommendations for their […]
