Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 2
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We welcome the Department’s work to examine the legal status of e-scooters.
Conclusion
We welcome the Department’s work to examine the legal status of e-scooters. The review of micro-mobility transport and the introduction of rental e-scooter trials will allow important evidence and data to be gathered to help determine the best way to incorporate both rental and privately-owned e-scooters within the UK transport mix. (Paragraph 17) Modal shift effects of e-scooters
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Government partly agrees with this recommendation. An appropriate and effective regulatory legal framework for e-scooter use will, of course, be a priority and work is underway to understand, for example, the lessons that can be gleaned from other countries and a variety of stakeholders. However, the prior stage is to fully understand the impacts— both positive and negative—of this new mode. Only then will the Government make any decisions about legislating for the long term and the regulatory underpinning to ensure e-scooters are used as safely and efficiently as possible. Evaluation of e-scooter trials across the country will provide us with the evidence needed about their impacts as well as what cities and other stakeholders consider the most appropriate regulatory framework to be.