The city of Montreal announced this 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, noted the city, referring in a press release to the challenges for "security", a "disorder" and a cohabitation "sometimes difficult with pedestrians".
"Montreal does not want to turn into a scooter police," said Eric Alan Caldwell, head of mobility within the town hall, lambasting "an 80% delinquency rate" regarding compliance with regulations. "The operators have failed to ensure their responsibility for compliance with the regulations," he pointed out to the executive committee, assuring "that in 2020 there will be no more scooters on the streets of Montreal."
Numerous offenses
The city drew "a statement of failure," continued Eric Alan Caldwell, for the 680 vehicles deployed since June, during the review of the pilot project of electric bikes and scooters in Montreal. A total of 110 statements of offense were issued for poorly parked scooters and bicycles and 333 tickets for non-compliance with the road safety code, mainly concerning the wearing of helmets.
No fatal or serious accident has involved self-service electric scooters. "The permits for electric bikes will be renewed, but governed by tighter regulations," said the city. 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. In November, Singapore decreed a ban on electric scooters on sidewalks, following in Germany and France.
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