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Coronavirus: revenge of the cycle on the scooter

2020-05-08T17:09:21.250Z


DECRYPTION - At a time when we want to reduce the use of public transport, the electric scooter would also have its role to play.


The time has come for the bicycle to take revenge on the scooter. While last year, the latter stole the show by making a smashing entry into our cities, the two-wheeler is once again on the rise and holds the top of the bill. He is reinvigorated by the consequences of the health crisis on travel and the need to unclog public transport as much as possible.

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Unlike the bicycle, which is now courted by the public authorities, the electric scooter, which is one of the personal motorized displacement machines (EDPM), does not benefit from any purchase aid and no more in terms of repair. A very regrettable preferential treatment according to Fabrice Furlan, the president of the Federation of professionals of micro-mobility (FP2M). At a time when we want to reduce the use of metros and RERs, the electric scooter also has, according to him, its role to play. It also offers advantages that the bicycle does not have.

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Source: lefigaro

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