The citizens of Paris cast one vote this Sunday. An overwhelming 89 percent opposition scooter rentalin a referendum held by the City Council on the continuation of this service.
This participation was only 7.9% According to data released by the City Council, he is among the nearly 1.4 million Parisians who can vote.
Although there were only twenty polling stations in the entire city, there were queues for most of the day, with citizens interviewed almost unanimously opposed.
HE the vote was technically advisorybut the mayor, socialist Anne Hidalgo, assured him result that will followTherefore, the 15,000 vehicles currently on the streets by the three authorized companies (Lime, Tier and Voi) will have to be withdrawn by August 31, when their five-year mandate expires.
Companies operating in Paris they organized a campaign in favor of continuing the service they hired influential people, although this was far from sufficient.
The initiative of the municipality was taken Considering the increase in accident rates of these devices, (459 accidents, three deaths and 426 injuries in 2022, which is twice as many injuries as before the pandemic in 2019).
In addition, residents of the city have complained widely about it. increasingly dangerous and rude behavior of users (including private scooters) and parked or lying anywhere, without respecting the parking spaces created by companies and City Council.