{"id":277098,"date":"2023-09-03T21:34:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277098"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:34:45","slug":"paris-votes-to-ban-rental-e-scooters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277098","title":{"rendered":"Paris votes to ban rental\u00a0e-scooters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Paul Kolk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parisians have voted to ban rental electric scooters in their city, dealing a blow to scooter operators and a triumph for road safety campaigners.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost 90% of votes cast on Sunday favoured a ban the battery-powered devices, official results showed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But under 8% of those eligible turned out to vote.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The referendum was called in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed on e-scooters in the French capital.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 1.38 million people on the city\u2019s electoral register, just over 103,000 took part, according to official figures. Of these, over 91,300 voted against the scooters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paris was one of the first cities to adopt the electric vehicles \u2013 but critics argue they were causing more harm than good.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was growing concern with the way some people were driving the scooters \u2013 weaving through traffic, dodging pedestrians on pavements, and getting up to speeds of 17mph (27km\/h).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riders often did not wear helmets and children as young as 12 could legally hire the e-scooters.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-65154854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nearly 90% of voters in the referendum chose to forbid the electric vehicles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Not a moment too soon. Shame on the politicians who allowed them in the first place.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Almost 90% of votes cast on Sunday favoured a ban the battery-powered devices, official results showed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":277104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691822300,691819637,691822299],"class_list":["post-277098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-e-scooters","tag-paris","tag-rental-electric-scooters","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0ed5fbed0-d1ee-11ed-bc5f-fa193496f54a.cf_.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1a5k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":245967,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245967","url_meta":{"origin":277098,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Cars should be limited to 20mph to avoid an e-scooter ban\u2019","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/27\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Most deaths have been scooter users involved in road accidents, however.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-909.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-909.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-909.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-909.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-909.png?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":343804,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=343804","url_meta":{"origin":277098,"position":1},"title":"Hotels in China start to ban EVs and electric scooters from underground parking lots","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"09\/20\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"We know it\u2019s coming. 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