The mayor of Spain’s capital said that Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility had failed to implement limits on circulation and control parking. Madrid had imposed new regulations on the vehicles in 2023.
Madrid is set to ban e-scooters rented through mobile apps, Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida said.
The mayor of Spain’s capital said that the companies Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility had failed to implement limits on clients’ circulation and control parking.
E-scooters have increasingly come under fire over safety concerns. In July, Germany’s federal statistics offics said deaths and injuries involving e-scooters rose in 2023.
What else did Madrid’s mayor say about e-scooters?
Martinez-Almeida said that the three firms’ licenses would be canceled starting in October and that the city had no plans to grant new licenses to other operators.
“We are withdrawing authorization for companies hiring out scooters on the city’s streets,” Martinez-Almeida said in a post on X, formerly twitter.
“Our priority is the… safety of the people of Madrid,” he said.
He said that operators “did not comply with the conditions we imposed to guarantee the safety of pedestrians, particularly the elderly.”
“The market was found to be incapable of meeting the requirements set by the mayor’s office to ensure the highest level of safety for citizens,” he said.
