This "citizen vote" was marked by a very low turnout, less than 8% of registered voters, told AFP the office of the mayor of Paris.
Anne Hidalgo had pledged "to respect purely and simply the result", whatever it is. She herself campaigned for the vote "against" stressing that the eviction of these scooters would reduce "nuisance" on the asphalt and sidewalks of the capital.
A person who came to vote on a scooter during a consultation launched by the mayor of Paris on the future of self-service scooters, on April 2, 2023 in the 17th arrondissement of the capital © Geoffroy Van der Hasselt / AFP
After welcoming them in 2018, Paris will become the first European capital to completely ban these two-wheelers, at the end of the contracts linking the city to the three private operators Lime, Tier and Dott, on August 31.
Self-service electric scooters are accused by their detractors of being abandoned anywhere in the public space, of brushing pedestrians on the sidewalks at full speed, and of ultimately having a poor carbon footprint.
Parisians vote for or against self-service scooters in Paris, on April 2, 2023 in the 17th arrondissement of the capital © Geoffroy Van der Hasselt / AFP
Dangerous when badly driven, these two-wheelers - self-service or not - were involved in 408 accidents in Paris in 2022, in which three people died and 459 were injured, according to authorities.
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