The licenses of companies that rent electric scooters will be canceled from October.
The rental companies have not followed the conditions set for them to guarantee safety, the mayor of Madrid justifies. JavierGlezPhoto / Alamy Stock Photo, AOP
Madrid, the capital of Spain, will ban electric scooter rental services from October. Mayor of Madrid Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida says the city is revoking existing licenses for rental services and will not issue new licenses to other businesses.
The cancellation of the licenses is justified by the fact that the rental services have not been able to limit the movement of electric scooter users or supervise the parking of the boards.
– We are canceling the licenses for electric scooter rental services in our city. They have not followed the conditions we have set to guarantee the safety of pedestrians, says Martínez-Almeida in the statement.
The Madrid City Council has been regulating the electric scooter rental market since May 2023. It has licensed three companies, Lime, Dotti and Tieri, each of which was licensed to rent 2,000 kickboards.
Rental services were required to ensure that customers park their skateboards in designated areas. Scooters may also not be rented near pedestrian streets or historical parks.
The rental companies have not met the requirements, which is why all business licenses are cancelled. Companies have 20 days to appeal the decision. The ban on renting electric scooters comes into force in October.
E-scooter rental services have sparked opposition in cities around the world because many customers don’t follow traffic rules or parking restrictions. Among other things, Paris has previously banned the renting of electric scooters.
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