Oct 19, 2023
Paris Referendum Could Ban Electric Scooter Rentals Citywide
Residents will decide in a referendum whether to oust shared electric scooters
Residents will decide in a referendum whether to oust shared electric scooters from the city, in what could be a global test for micromobility regulation.
Paris will decide whether to ban shared e-scooters citywide.
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Jenny Che
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Parisians are heading to the polls to vote on an unlikely subject: electric scooters.
The public will decide in a referendum on Sunday whether to ban shared e-scooters citywide. The result could make Paris the world's biggest city to kick rental scooter operators out.