TV investigation discovers hundreds of e-scooter-related injuries
More question marks are being raised over the safety of e-scooters in busy areas, as the ITV investigative journalism show Tonight reports that the roll-out has led to hundreds of injuries and more than 1,000 complaints. Reporter Chris Choy says “the scale of problems with rental scooters is revealed” in “E-scooters: Britain’s New Road Rage?”, broadcast on […]
E-scooters approved for London trial
Three companies, Dott, Lime and Tier, have been approved to operate e-scooter trials in London. The devices will only legally be allowed to be used on roads and cycle paths in certain areas, and will not be permitted on pavements with pedestrians. E-scooters are already used illegally in London prompting safety concerns. Last month a […]
Child hospitalised after e-scooter collision
A three year old boy has been seriously injured after being run over by a person on an e-scooter in the Feltham area of London. Police say they were called on 17 April to deal with a collision on the A244 High Street. The boy had been walking along the pavement with his grandmother when […]
Columnist Hitchens tells Highways Voices e-scooters are “a recipe for injury”
One of the UK’s leading, and most outspoken, newspaper columnists has told the Highways News podcast Highways Voices that if you were designing a recipe for injury in busy town and city centres, you couldn’t come up with a better one than e-scooters. Listen here. Mail on Sunday writer Peter Hitchens appeared on Highways Voices […]
City of York adds more e-scooters to its year-long trial
There are now 250 e-scooters in use across York as part of a year-long e-scooter trial supported by operator TIER. Another 50 of them have been introduced this week as part of the Department for Transport-approved scheme renting an e-scooter in the city which costs users £1 to unlock and 15p per minute travelled. Andy […]
Zwings expands e-scooter operations in Newcastle-under-Lyme
One of Britain’s leading e-scooter rental scheme operators, Zwings, is working with Staffordshire County Council and Amey to provide a critical travel alternative for essential trips over the lockdown period by expanding e-scooter operations to Chesterton, Porthill, May Bank, Wolstanton and Lymedale Business Park in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The company says the third lockdown has shown a […]
Staffordshire and Amey join forces with NHS to encourage “scoot to commute”
Amey, Staffordshire County Council and its e-scooter provider Ginger have teamed up to offer NHS workers in Stafford free electric scooter rides as a trial scheme is rolled-out to the town’s County Hospital as a mark of gratitude to them for their ongoing invaluable work. The trio are partnering with University of Hospitals North Midlands […]
E-scooter trials start in Essex
Electric scooter trials have started in Essex, with the county council working with e-scooter rental company spin. The trials are being done in Colchester, Clacton, and Braintree and overseen by Essex Police, are part of the authority’s Safer, Greener, Healthier transport campaign. The idea behind the trials is to see whether or not Spin, which […]
e-scooter company offers free rides for key workers
Key workers in Gloucestershire are to be able to try out a new e-scooter service free as part of an initiative from rental provider Zwings. It says it “remains focused on protecting the health and safety of Gloucester and Cheltenham residents by providing a critical travel alternative for essential trips over the lockdown period and […]
E-scooters to be on London streets next year after TfL and London Councils launch trial
E-scooters will be avaliable on London’s roads next years after Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils announced the launch of a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial. Transport for London (TfL), London Councils and London’s boroughs are working together on plans for a trial of rental e-scooters in the capital. This […]