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Ban on rental e-scooters
April 13 , 2023
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- Paris introduced e-scooters in 2018 to promote non-polluting forms of urban transport.
- But as the two-wheeled vehicles grew, accidents also increased.
- In 2022, three people died and 459 were injured in e-scooter accidents in Paris.
- In January, Mayor announced a referendum on banning e-scooters from the streets of Paris.
- A total of 89 per cent of voters favoured the proposed ban, 11 per cent opposed it.
- The city will completely do away with these battery-powered devices by September 1, 2023.
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