Brüssel verbietet ab 2027 die gemeinsame Nutzung von E-Scootern

First, they came for the e-scooters, and I did not speak because I don’t drive e-scooters.

Second… well I don’t know yet, but it’ll feel really bad if they come for the bicycles.

It’s not a good decision.

Awful decision. I use them very frequently as they’re so convenient in comparison to public transport which does not serve my area well at all and (at least where I am) is constantly being blocked by engineering works. They’re also great for connecting destinations that aren’t even an option with public transport to begin with.

I understand some people ride them poorly and take risks but why should the rest of us who find them useful suffer from their stupidity? We don’t ban cars or personal bicycles because people have crashes.

The point about them being used by criminals is so stupid it’s barely worth addressing. You have to scan your ID to use them in the first place and of course it’s connected to an electronic payment method, not great if you’re trying to hide your movements. Furthermore they’re all limited to 20kmh, not exactly a speedy getaway. Any criminal with half a brain would use their own e-bike or e-scooter which don’t have the same restrictions on privacy or speed.

Good decision. I know a few people who had to go to hospital because of falling from these, and that’s something we all pay for.

Electric shared bicycles are the way to go.

Catastrophic stupidity. God forbid anybody move in this city in anything other than a car. This city had the real feeling of progress until this new government came in.

Now we have a low-emission zone with a permission to pollute. Criminal shortage of cycling infrastructure and refusal to replace car parking spaces for cycle parking. They won’t even help organise a second – 2 of 365 – car-free day. Get these self-centred, moneyed motorist boomers out of power now where they can continue to suck up a quarter of all our taxes for their cushy pensions.

Governments: people should go for car alternatives, taking the car is not sustainable

People: seek alternatives like shared scooters

Government: no not like this

… what’s next?
For the record, I also get really annoyed by the average shared scooter driver but there are ways to deal with this instead of rushing to ban this new type of mobility

What a bad decision. When I lived in Berlin – I moved to a small town now – I used it daily, because distances are big and it was ideal to bridge the gap between the last public transport stop and the final destination. Taking a bike, or even your own e-scooter, into public transport is less than ideal. I’m very aware there’s a lot of issues with the people using them, but be consequent and ban cars and bicycles too then. You know what? Just outright ban people. Problem solved.

As a cyclist I like this ban and I would like to ban cars 😊

Good riddance, should be a nationwide ban. These things are dangerous by design, 25kmh on tiny wheels, with narrow handlebars and a centre of gravity way up high just doesn’t work on city streets, it only takes one pothole or curb to end up in the hospital with fractures. It solves nothing that a shared e-bike doesn’t already solve more safely, and even with assigned parking spots these scooters still are littered all over towns blocking sidewalks, because it was convenient for the user to leave it there.

Paris had a referendum to ban them and the majority vote was yes, comparing before/after and with cities where they are still allowed, I’m 100% convinced they made the right choice.

Trottinettes only or ebikes too? I use the ebikes quite a lot when I dont have my own bike around.

Great, public transport are always full in my area, I cannot use a bike since I have nowhere to park it inside (fourth floor without elevator) and if I put it outside it’ll be vandalised or stolen in one week.

problem is that private e-scooters are still plentiful. And the idiots running red lights and racing on sidewalks mostly have private scooters…. recently saw two cops on e-bikes try to catch up to a scooter that ran a red light, and they just didn’t have the max speed to catch the guy….