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In Roubaix, scooters have blended into the landscape

2023-01-23T19:02:18.857Z


DECRYPTION - Unlike Paris, where their future is in question, they are subject to strict supervision and the support of the inhabitants.


In Roubaix

27,000 unique users, 800 journeys per day on average, 400,000 in all, over sixteen months.

In Roubaix, self-service electric scooters quickly found their place in the urban landscape.

The experiment started in September 2021 is a success, unlike in Paris, where their future is called into question after months of shambles in the city and difficult cohabitation with other users: the municipal authorities are preparing to organize a citizen vote , April 2, to fix their fate.

Roubaix, she especially does not want to interrupt the service.

“We were promised the worst setbacks,

explains Alexandre Garcin, assistant to the ecological transition of the city.

Even elected representatives of the majority were not in favor of it.

But today it is no longer a problematic subject.

The scooters have really allowed us to take a step forward in terms of soft mobility

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“It is true that it is very positive

, abounds Karim Amrouni, leader of the Roubaix opposition group…

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Source: lefigaro

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