Women and students, fond of scooters.
This is one of the main lessons of a study commissioned by the town hall of Paris.
Women are twice as numerous as men "
to consider that the scooter allows them to return in the evening in safety
", according to
Le Parisien
which reveals this study carried out by 6t, specialized in mobility, and commissioned by the City of Paris.
In addition, scooter users have fewer frames than those of scooters and bicycles.
Finally, a third of young people - 71% of regular customers - who use the scooter are students.
This study, which the town hall has long been reluctant to send to operators, also reveals that 26% of scooter users say they have had an accident.
This is almost two times less than the followers of Vélib', which certainly has a longer existence since it was launched in 2007. "
The severity of accidents is higher on bicycles and scooters than on scooters
", underline the authors of the 'study.
"If
we want to ban scooters in the name of safety, we should also put an end to Vélib' and scooters
», Comments a scooter manufacturer.
This result is not to the advantage of the mayor of Paris.
Anne Hidalgo announced in mid-January that she would campaign against the extension of the contract for self-service scooter fleets, which ends on March 23.
The Parisians, for their part, are called upon to decide the question on April 2.
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Another lesson from the study: 19% of scooter trips would otherwise have been made in a motorized mode (car, scooter, taxi or VTC) according to the responses of the respondents.
Most often, the scooter replaces a journey by public transport (34%) or on foot (29%).
But “
the carryover from walking is decreasing for free-floating scooters and bikes.
Logically, the transfer from motorized modes is increasing
,” analyzes the study.
