Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented Electric Scooters

Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by otabdeveloper4 on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:23PM (#37372171)

Ah yes, this will certainly help our crusade of fighting climate change by banning internal combustion.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by rightbyte on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:30PM (#37372233)

Since it will make bicycle rides safer, ye.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by benj111 on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:34PM (#37372281)

Banning cars would do the same though, even more so.

The issue is one of appropriate spaces, if we actually had decent cycle lanes then I don't think we'd see this issue.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by eesmith on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:02PM (#37372603)

We would see this issue because Paris is also restricting car traffic.

https://slate.com/business/2023/03/paris-car-ban-bikes-cycli...

> It’s part of a larger movement—spanning a half-century, two decades, or the mayoral tenure of the Socialist Anne Hidalgo, depending on whom you ask—to expel cars from the heart of the largest metropolitan area in the European Union. Car trips within Paris declined by almost 60 percent between 2001 and 2018, according to research from Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme, the city’s planning arm; between the city and its suburbs, they have fallen by 35 percent. Car crashes have fallen by 30 percent; pollution has fallen too.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by kergonath on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:26PM (#37372877)

> Banning cars would do the same though, even more so.

Don’t worry. They are on their way to do just that, as well.

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Re:Paris Becomes the First European Capital to Ban Rented El... by orwin on Sunday September 03, 2023 @01:30PM (#37372228)

The E-scooter fleet is replaced by e-bikes.

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