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Toxic Air Puts 6 Million People At Risk of Lung Damage
According to new information published by the British Lung Foundation and Asthma UK six million people in the UK who are over 65 are at high risk of asthma attacks and possible lung damage due to exposure to fine particulate pollution. These pollutants are classified...
London to host UK’s largest e-scooter trial
As e-scooter trials have been announced in various places across the UK over the last few months it was strange that nothing was proposed for London. This has now changed as Transport for London (TfL) announced that up to a third of the city’s boroughs will or may...
UK Transport Committee Recommends Legalisation of e-scooters
“Finally,” say scooter owners and users… a UK Parliamentary Transport Committee has recommended that e-scooters should be legalised in the UK. The recommendation comes with proposed design specifications for e-scooters which they say should be limited to 500w motor...
Rideables.org on BBC Breakfast TV
Rideable.org interviewed on BBC Breakfast TV
E-scooter trials: an open letter to Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport
Rideables.org continues to try to engage with the government to ensure that whilst the government and press tend to focus on e-scooter rental businesses the tens of thousands of private owners and users of micromobility devices are not forgotten. As a community we have been advocating the legalization of all micromobility devices, not just e-scooters.
Future of Transport Regulatory Review – Have Your Say
There has been extensive speculation in the news recently regarding new legislation legalising micromobility devices but before any UK wide changes are made the government will be trialling e-scooters in four Future Transport Zones in cities around the UK. Portsmouth...
Trips made by e-scooters “no more likely to result in death than bicycle journeys” new study concludes.
Trips made by e-scooters are no more dangerous than trips using bikes new study by OECD finds
Ridables.Org member Rob Hitch is interviewed on LBC after Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Schapps
Rob appeared on the Nick Ferrari show on the 28th January to talk about the possible legalization of “rideables” and to respond to points made by Secretary of State for Transport Grant Schapps, who was also interviewed on the program
French Police Trial Electric Scooters
Police in northern France have been trialing electric scooters in the fight against street crime. It is expected that, in certain circumstances, officers using them will be able to reach incidents more quickly than those on foot or even in cars....