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Madrid moves to ban app-rented e-scooters over safety concerns

Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility licences to be cancelled from October due to issues with circulation and parking

Reuters in Madrid Thu 5 Sep 2024 16.19 BST

Madrid will ban e-scooters rented through mobile apps after the cityrCOs
three licensed operators failed to implement limits on their clientsrCO circulation or to control their parking, the Spanish capitalrCOs mayor has said.

Jos|- Luis Mart|!nez-Almeida said on Thursday the licences of Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility would be cancelled from October, adding that the city had no plans to grant new licences to any other operators.

rCLThe market was found to be incapable of meeting the requirements set by
the mayorrCOs office to ensure the highest level of safety for citizens,rCY he said in a statement.

The rCLscooter sharing systemrCY has raised opposition in cities around the world due to reckless driving and haphazard parking by some users.

Paris banned e-scooter rentals last year after a public consultation.

Since May 2023, the Madrid city council had regulated the rental e-scooter market, only authorising Amsterdam-based Dott, GermanyrCOs Tier Mobility and US-based Lime, whose scooters are available on UberrCOs app.

They were authorised to rent 2,000 scooters each.

The three operators were supposed to give the mayorrCOs office access to
their data and were ordered to implement technology that forced customers
to leave the scooters in authorised areas and prevented them from hiring scooters in pedestrian-only streets or near historic parks.

The operators failed to meet these conditions, the statement said, adding
that they had 20 days to appeal.

Dott, Lime and Tier did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/05/madrid-moves-to-ban-app-rented-e-scooters-over-safety-concerns>
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