Recommendation 18

Rental e-scooters left on pavements as ‘street clutter’ can cause a hazard for pedestrians, particularly people with visual impairments and those with limited mobility. We do not want to see British towns and cities develop the dangerous and unsightly street clutter problems with e-scooters, experienced in some other European cities. We are encouraged that e-scooter companies are increasingly using technological solutions to prevent dockless e-scooters being left in a haphazard fashion on pavements.