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The city that pioneered electric scooters will take them off the street—and big rental operators are
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The city that pioneered electric scooters will take them off the street—and big rental operators are fuming
Story by Vivienne Walt • Yesterday 11:31 AM
Paris—the most touristed city in the world—has pioneered many urban policies, rolling out the world’s first city-run bike-sharing program nearly 16 years ago, and attracted global praise for its prolific bike lanes.
Now it’s about to add this: The first city to ban electric scooters.
In a citywide referendum on Sunday, just 7.46% of 1.3 million registered voters opted overwhelmingly to ban the 15,000 rental scooters licensed to operate on Paris streets.
Asked to choose ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to scooters, 89.3% voted no—a result that Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo hailed on Monday as “a great victory for local democracy.”
But was it also a victory for political maneuvering?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-city-that-pioneered-electric-scooters-will-take-them-off-the-street-and-big-rental-operators-are-fuming/ar-AA19qa1g?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4c24b971756846429969b54849b803bf&ei=34
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