Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, has told his officers to seize and crush privately owner e-scooters they see being ridden on public roads. The e-scooter rental trial in Canterbury finished in November last year and as this has not been renewed the rental option is no longer available to users. If…

The mayor of Paris has announced plans to hold a vote on 2nd April this year on whether rental e-scooters should be banned from the streets of the French capitol. Paris has several e-scooter operators who have approximately 15,000 rental scooters on the streets for hire via a smartphone app. Their use in the city has…

If you have been following the news in connection with users efforts to get private e-scooter use legalised you may have heard of the E-scooter Defence Fund launched on crowdfunding site crowdjustice.com - https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/e-scooter--crack-down/ This was set up to try to help an e-scooter rider who was stopped on her way to work and issued with…

Michael Quintana of Rideables.org interviewed on GB News after calls this week to ban e-scooters from the London tube network.  

The Centre for London think tank published its report titled "Micromobility in London" on Thursday. The report looks at how "emerging vehicles" could benefit the capital and reduce car use. The report called on the government to completely legalise e-scooters to provide the public with a wider choice of transport options and so reduce reliance on…