The non-binding referendum was called as complaints continued to grow over the use of e-scooters and after three deaths were attributed to them in Paris last year.
People in Paris have voted"overwhelmingly" to ban rental electric scooters from the French capital's streets in a poll which officials have said they will implement.
Three deaths and 459 injuries were attributed to e-scooters in Paris last year, compared to one fatality and 353 injuries in 2021."becomes our roadmap" and promised to bring in the ban. As complaints increased over the way the scooters were being deployed, officials cut the number of operators to three in 2020.The city's 15,000-strong fleet of rental e-scooters are provided by Tier, Lime and Dott.
Designated scooter parking areas were also imposed as part of the contracts, which will run until September.
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