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E-scooters

Status: Closed Opened: 21 Apr 2020 Closed: 15 Jan 2021 21 recommendations 6 conclusions 1 report

E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation? The Transport Committee is launching an inquiry to explore the safety and legal implications of electric scooters, their impact on congestion, and potential contribution to reducing the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of the Government’s obligations to reach net zero by 2050. The Transport Committee’s short inquiry on this … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport in… HC 255 2 Oct 2020 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

4 items
5 Conclusion Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuis… Not Addressed

It is essential that the Government’s rental e-scooter trials are accessible to a wide range...

It is essential that the Government’s rental e-scooter trials are accessible to a wide range of people and take place in a diverse set of locations. This includes city centres but also suburban areas and market towns where other transport options are not as readily available. This would also allow … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response focuses on using trial data to determine e-scooter design requirements and inform specifications for privately owned e-scooters, rather than addressing the committee's point about ensuring trials are accessible and take place in diverse locations.
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Department for Transport
6 Recommendation Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuis… Not Addressed

We recommend that the Department continues to maintain close oversight of the locations of the...

We recommend that the Department continues to maintain close oversight of the locations of the rental trials and ensures that, when approving bids for new schemes, there is a good geographical spread around the UK and a balance in E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation? 39 population density. The Department … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response outlines plans to use trial data for determining e-scooter design requirements and informing specifications for privately owned e-scooters, failing to address the recommendation for maintaining oversight of trial locations and ensuring geographical spread.
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Department for Transport
10 Recommendation Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuis… Not Addressed

The Department should closely monitor the number and type of collisions that occur during the...

The Department should closely monitor the number and type of collisions that occur during the e-scooter rental trials to determine the future insurance requirements for both rental and privately-owned e-scooters, should the latter be legalised. (Paragraph 59) Safety risks and regulation Read more

Government response AI summary
The government response is a verbatim repetition of the recommendation and does not provide an actual response to the committee's call for monitoring.
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Department for Transport
14 Recommendation Third Report: E-scooters: pavement nuis… Not Addressed

We understand that it may not always be practical or feasible for users of rental...

We understand that it may not always be practical or feasible for users of rental e-scooters to obtain and wear a helmet. It is important, however, that e-scooter operators involved with the trials encourage users to wear helmets, and where 40 E-scooters: pavement nuisance or transport innovation? possible, operators should … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response focuses on using trial data to determine e-scooter design requirements and inform minimum safety standards, but it does not address the recommendation to encourage or provide helmets to users.
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Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 Jul 2020 Alan Clarke · Lime, Anthony Ferguson · Department for Transport, Emma Silver · Bird, Rachel Maclean MP · Department for Transport, Richard Corbett · Voi View ↗
1 Jul 2020 Eleanor Southwood · Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Graeme Sherriff · University of Salford, Jillian Anable · University of Leeds, Lorna Lee · Automobile Association, Phillip Darnton OBE · Bicycle Association, Rachel Lee · Living Streets View ↗

Who gave evidence

11 witnesses
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Alan Clarke · Director of Policy, UK, Ireland & Nordics Lime 1
Anthony Ferguson · Deputy Director for Traffic and Technology Department for Transport 1
Eleanor Southwood · Chair Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) 1
Emma Silver · Head of Public Policy for Northern Europe & Asia … Bird 1
Graeme Sherriff · Research Fellow University of Salford 1
Jillian Anable · Chair in Transport & Energy University of Leeds 1
Lorna Lee · Campaigns Manager Automobile Association 1
Phillip Darnton OBE · Director Bicycle Association 1
Rachel Lee · Policy & Research Manager Living Streets 1
Rachel Maclean MP · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Transport 1
Richard Corbett · Regional General Manager-UK, Ireland and Benelux Voi 1

Correspondence

1 letter
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13 Apr 2021 — Correspondence from Rachel Maclean MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, …