“The ban on scooters in Paris runs the risk of contagion to other cities which will consider that regulation is impossible”

Lhe fight for a depolluted, accessible and uncluttered city is a battle that the Greens have always fought. The eruption of new forms of mobility in the mid-2010s, under the impetus of ever more advanced and innovative digitization, was as much a turning point as an opportunity to accomplish the emancipation of the city from the individual car which pollutes and exorbitantly saturates the public space.

This explosion of mobility did not happen without a crash. VTC, scooters, bicycles, carpooling… Our society has been subjected to immense challenges concerning the occupation of public space, but also in terms of labor law or environmental respect. Surprised by the overwhelming and overwhelming success of these new forms of mobility, some cities had no choice but to ban what they could not legally control.

It is the mobility orientation law that has given local authorities important regulatory prerogatives. Cities can now subject mobility operators to rules through calls for tenders. They define the maximum speed, the parking zones or the number of vehicles that equip the fleets, or even the low-speed zones.

Paris, one of the most remarkable mobility laboratories in the world

Finally, it is possible to create multimodal platforms thanks to the exchange of data to perfect an optimal mobility experience, so as to accomplish the transition of car users to soft and shared mobility. Because it has become obvious that public transport or active mobility will never be enough to solve all mobility problems.

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It is therefore imperative to promote an ecosystem that combines a diversity of mobility solutions and infrastructures (dedicated lanes, secure car parks, charging stations, intermodal sites, etc.). In this regard, Paris has quickly become one of the most remarkable mobility laboratories in the world. What happens in the French capital is scrutinized by all the cities wishing to accomplish in turn their weaning from “autosolisme”. Paris has no right to error or approximation.

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Self-service electric scooters are part of this puzzle. Popular, especially with young people, and accessible, they serve the last kilometres. There is obviously a lot to complain about the behavior of scooter users, but it is up to the city to impose strict regulation and support good practices.

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