New micromobility coalition aims to create simple and consistent pan-European policy
Coherent Policy
As e-scooter and shared bike schemes have expanded across Europe, often appearing overnight with little consultation with city authorities, tensions have arisen regarding regulation and management.
In October, Copenhagen banned scooters from its streets after complaints from the public about poorly parked devices blocking access for elderly and disabled residents.
Many countries, however, including Ireland and the UK, have been slow to react to the new modes of mobility, relying on outdated legislation to govern their use.
The UK legalized the use of rented e-scooters in limited trials last summer, but issues with riders operating private scooters illegally are still widespread with little or no enforcement in many cities, including London.
Data governance
The eight members of MMfE currently operate in over 20 EU countries across more than 100 cities and have identified data governance and the circular economy as top priorities to ensure that shared micromobility is an integral part of EU policy developments in the coming years.
At the municipal level, some European cities have already adopted templates for data-sharing for providers of dockless bikes, e-scooters, and shared-ride providers that work within the public right of way.
In 2018 Lisbon integrated theMobility Data Specification(MDS) – a city-led data standard originally developed by Los Angeles – into its transit ecosystem in an effort to create an open system of data-sharing for firms operating in the city.
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