How you journey an electrical scooter or e-bike may change this summer season. The San Diego City Council accepted adjustments that tighten current guidelines governing the shared autos.
The metropolis tentatively accepted guidelines that may require scooter and bike corporations to handle complaints and self-enforce violators of the brand new guidelines. The electrical scooters and bikes would even be forbidden from driving on or being parked on sidewalks. They must be left inside painted corrals on metropolis streets. Riders must use roadways or designated bike lanes.
“Finally in 2022, we’re getting some regulations that are appropriate, which is where we should have been in 2018,” mentioned a smiling Jonathan Freeman of Safe Walkways.
“We’re not anti-scooter,” Freeman added. “We’re pro-pedestrian safety.”
The metropolis of San Diego wasn’t sure when the brand new ordinance would take impact. It’s anticipated to occur a while after July 31, when the town’s present contracts with seven corporations expire. The metropolis will scale back the variety of contracted corporations right down to 4, limiting the variety of out there electrical bikes and scooters at 8,000, down from 11,000.
The new guidelines can even ban scooter and bike leases between 12-2:30 a.m.
Freeman mentioned the steps have been in the correct path, however he questioned who would implement the brand new guidelines.
(*7*) Freeman mentioned with a shrug. “The fact that there’s a regulation, though, doesn’t mean it’s going to be enforced.”
Under the brand new guidelines, the businesses would want to answer a grievance inside one hour. They have three hours beneath present guidelines.