Paris first in Europe to ban electric scooters in city

From September 1, it will be impossible to rent electric scooters in Paris, Report informs referring to RTBF channel.

According to the channel, the city's mayor's office doesn't intend to renew contracts with the three private operators who have deployed a fleet of these vehicles in Paris, which will become the first European capital to ban the service of providing electric scooters to the public.

Providers of this service must remove scooters from the streets of Paris, which can be used until the end of August.

This decision is based on the results of the city's referendum on the use of electric scooters. More than 100,000 Parisians took part in the voting. Some 89% of those participating in the April 2 referendum voted for the ban.

The reason for such a vote was the problems created by scooters scattered all over the city, and especially the concern about the safety of their users.