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Australia: Melbourne bans e-scooter rentals — ‘People are riding on footpaths. People don’t park them properly, creating tripping hazards,’ says mayor Nicholas Reece
Lord mayor Nicholas Reece calls for ‘fundamental reset’ and says e-scooters present unacceptable safety risk
Curious foxes break into the Melbourne metro tunnel – videoThe general manager for Australia and New Zealand at Neuron Mobility, Jayden Bryant, earlier said the company had been in discussion with the council for weeks about how to “best optimise the city’s e-scooter program”. A study at the Royal Melbourne hospital, published in December, found it had almost 250 injured e-scooter riders taken to its emergency department with injuries in 2022, with intoxication, speed and not wearing a helmet the biggest risk factors. “This includes localised product enhancements such as helmet locks and footpath riding cameras, labour for over 50 Melbourne-based employees, long-term real estate lease that supports regulated battery storage and ongoing safe operations,” the spokesperson said.
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