Opinion

September 2, 2019

Cities now have three choices for how to regulate e-scooters

Cities have three choices for how to regulate e-scooters: be monopolies, aggregators, or platforms.


Jakob Fricke

5 min read

Lime "juicers" in Paris.

In early July, LA-based e-scooter sharing startup Bird revealed it will be setting up a European hub in Paris, in addition to its planned expansion into 50 other European cities this year. Meanwhile, well over €300m has been invested into new European e-scooter startups, including Voi, Wind and Circ. With an estimated 20,000 scooters already on the streets of Paris alone, the face of urban mobility in Europe is undergoing a dramatic transformation.

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