Rental scooters have their days numbered. Madrid signs this Tuesday the decree of permanent revocation and tomorrow it will be communicated to the three companies that provide service in the city: Dott, Lime and Tier Mobility. Thus, operators, who manage nearly 6,000 vehicles, have 15 working days to remove them. Thus, on October 25, no rental electric scooter without a fixed base will be able to park in the streets of the capital, indicated the Department of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility.
In the event of non-compliance, remember that in the area of Town Planning, Environment and Mobility, the Municipal Police will be able to withdraw them from this date and sanction the companies. with up to 1,500 euros for violation of the Sustainable Mobility Ordinance.
The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martinez-Almeidaannounced a month ago that Madrid City Hall was going to revoke the authorization of the 6,000 scooters from three companies that could circulate in its streets, at a rate of 2,000 per company, considering that the conditions of the concession were not met . “There have been no technological improvements to ensure that they are not riding on the sidewalk or parking in inappropriate places,” Almeida said at the time. From the field of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, they explain that they have not been able to verify, due to the lack of information sent by the companies, that they respect the distribution required by the concession and that limited scooters located inside the M-30 to 3,600 and 2,400 in the rest of the municipality. “So we understand that the conditions are not right for these businesses to continue operating.”
Furthermore, the mayor stressed that mobility is “guaranteed” with the extension of Bicimad to the 21 districts of the city, so he does not believe that there will be a big impact among the people of Madrid.
From Lime, after presenting their relevant allegations, they once again demonstrate “their disagreement” with the “unilateral” decision of the Municipal Council. “In this way, we will study the adoption of legal measures in response to these decisions,” the company emphasized.
Private rental bikes
Also, private rental electric bikes will stop circulating in the capital next Friday. A week ago, the city council decided that would not renew authorizations which was granted in 2022 to borrowers of this service, the last extension of which expired on September 30.
As argued by the delegate for town planning, environment and mobility of Madrid City Hall, Borja Carabanteit was found that the companies “did not provide a service” because the system provided by the town hall, Bicimad, “reached each of the neighborhoods” and therefore “these companies would have decided not to offer these bicycles”. Likewise, he recalled that when the authorizations were granted in 2022, “the reality of Madrid was completely different from today.”
As of February 1, 2024, according to the latest public data from the region, there are some in Madrid 1,456 bicycles said they should start withdrawing from the city now.
