The mayor of the capital is against the maintenance of these vehicles in “free floating” in the city, in an interview with Parisian.
They pass at full speed in front of you, slipping through the boulevards, without a sound… But will they soon have to take their leave? In an interview at Parisian, published this Saturday, the mayor of Paris fires red balls on the scooters offered in self-service on the sidewalks of the capital. And announces avoteto come on the subject, which could lead to their disappearance in the city.
Bicycles, scooters, cars…”It’s a bit of a mess” in the streets of Paris, admits Anne Hidalgo, believing that he “lacks a street code, to say how we behave, and how the municipal police punish those who do not respect the rules“. A “citizens’ assembly” is working on this subject, so that this Code desired by the city councilor is made “in June“, explains the chosen one.
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Specifically, scooters are in the hot seat. Widely decried since their appearance in the capital, they do not win the support of Anne Hidalgo. The economic model offree-floating“- these vehicles that everyone can borrow, against payment, and which are offered by companies – is criticized by the city councilor, who denounces the poor treatment of “employees of these companies“. A “votewill therefore be organized by the town hall on Sunday April 2, to ask Parisians to vote, in the polling stations, on “a very simple question: do we continue or not with self-service scooters?“. “My idea is that we stop. But I will respect the vote of the Parisians, even if it is contrary to what I would like“, specifies the former candidate for the presidential election of 2022, who adds that the individual scooters, owned by Parisians, will be able to continue to circulate without problem.
The town hall of Paris has been at war for several months against the operators managing these self-service scooters, such as Lime or Dott. Their contract is due to expire in a few weeks, and the representatives of the town hall have multiplied the warnings for a few months. “All the solutions are on the table, including that of stopping the convention”warned the ecologist David Belliard, in charge of Mobility in the capital.
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For their part, the companies are defending themselves, multiplying the proposals to try to convince users as authorities: at the end of November, they presented new measures, including the registration of scooters, or a reinforcement of the devices for controlling the age of users. . It remains to be seen if these have convinced the Parisians, or if they will vote to drive these small vehicles out of their city.