As of: February 5, 2024, 9:57 a.m
By: Sascha Karowski
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E-scooters should also be parked neatly outside of the old town in Munich.
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Small vehicles, great frustration: E-scooters remain a nuisance in Munich.
Now more parking areas are to be designated - including outside the old town.
Munich - Just a few days ago, the ADAC confirmed the trouble with electric scooters through an investigation.
And readers also get annoyed almost every week about wildly parked e-scooters.
The Greens and SPD are now reacting; the city councilors want to designate additional parking areas outside the old town.
A corresponding application should be submitted.
E-scooters in Munich: Young people in particular use the scooters to quickly get to the next subway
Electric scooters have been part of the cityscape since 2019.
In 2022 there were five providers with a total of around 10,000 vehicles.
And the scooters are popular: young people in particular use them to quickly get to the nearest subway or come home from work, to the Isar or to the beer garden.
But there is often little discipline when parking.
Parents with strollers have to move off the sidewalk onto the street because of the carelessly parked e-scooters, otherwise they won't be able to get through.
Blind and visually impaired people stumble over the obstacle without warning.
In 2022, the city responded to increasing complaints.
Since then, a model project has been running in the old town: e-scooters must be parked within the 40 specially designated parking areas.
Otherwise the clock will keep running – and it will be expensive.
According to SPD city councilor Andreas Schuster, not only has the number of incorrectly parked scooters been drastically reduced - walking has become significantly safer again and the cityscape is more orderly.
SPD city councilor Andreas Schuster: “We want to expand the successful parking concept to the Middle Ring”
“E-scooters can be an important part of the transport mix.
And they are also used extensively,” says Schuster.
However, there is no way that people will be harmed by incorrectly parked scooters.
“That’s why we want to expand the successful parking concept from the old town to all districts within the Middle Ring.”
In addition, the situation at train stations such as Ostbahnhof or in Moosach as well as in the Olympic Park should be better sorted.
The district committees and the disabled people's advisory board of the city of Munich should be closely involved in the search for suitable parking spaces.
In addition, the Greens and the SPD want to have it checked whether providers will have to take out liability insurance in the event of damage in the future.
Acoustic warning systems that send signals via an app to visually impaired and blind people and thus warn of parked e-scooters could also be helpful.