Question 18234 — urban transport

Summary

Mr. Thomas Rudigoz draws the attention of the Minister, to the Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, responsible for transport, to the deployment in large cities of “free-floating”, a process which consists of making available to the public a means of transport without using dedicated stations. In Lyon, no less than five self-service electric scooter operators have set up in the space of a few weeks. On the one hand, circulation via this new mode of urban transport poses a public safety problem, not only for its users who are rarely equipped with protection (285 injured in 2017), but also for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists with whom they randomly share sidewalks, cycle paths and roads, in the absence of any mention of these land vehicles in the Traffic Laws. On the other hand, the deployment of these electric scooters generates tensions linked only to the congestion of public spaces: this constitutes in particular an obstacle for people with disabilities (motor, visual). Article 18 of the mobility orientation bill that you are supporting gives organizing authorities the possibility of regulating new mobility services, including scooters in self-service for example. The organizing authorities will thus be able to establish minimum requirements (conditions of use, management of wrecks, etc.) which the operators of new mobility services must respect under penalty of sanction. He asks it to kindly explain its strategy to support the development of “free-floating” and in particular its choice to delegate competence to the organizing authorities by preference to uniform regulations throughout the national territory.

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