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A bylaw may require a change to allow electric scooters to circulate in bike lanes, said Auckland Mayor.
Photo: LimeBike
Auckland advisers will not impose any speed limits on the hundreds of electric scooters used in the city, despite the deployment of 1,000 additional scooters this weekend.
Last week, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff asked for an urgent opinion on how to improve the safety of electric scooters.
An urgent memo sent to advisors advises them not to repress scooters, but rather to launch a safety education campaign.
The memo states that "it is not advisable at this stage to reduce the maximum speed of renting electric scooters, to reduce the number of scooter rentals and to revoke pilots' licenses."
It is also reported that during the first week of launch of the Lime E-scooters, approximately 40,000 trips and 14 injury claims were reported to VAC regarding scooters.
By way of comparison, there were 32 non-electric scooter injury claims in Auckland and Christchurch and 80 claims in other areas for the same period.
That number has since climbed to 66 claims for injuries caused by electric scooters.
On Saturday, an additional 1,000 electric scooters will find themselves on the streets of Auckland when the Onzo self-service bicycle company will begin its three-month trial.
Mr. Goff stated that electronic scooters were not allowed to use bike lanes, but that had to change.
"It's a lot more logical for them to be on the bike path than on the sidewalk."
Mr. Goff stated that this may require a change in the regulations for which he would lobby.
He also supported the idea of a speed limit change, but said that this could force the agency to change the law.
Lime electronic scooters are also available in Christchurch. The city council said that he was waiting to see how would run 400 bicycles test in the city for three months and that he was not planning to introduce any bikes. other tests in the interval.
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