Badly parked scooters and electric bikes on the pavement in entrance of the customs workplace. /
The tender foresees the concession of this public service to a single firm, which can have to present parking factors throughout town
Malaga City Council’s deadline for submitting bids for the concession of a bike and electric scooter rental service closed simply earlier than midnight on Wednesday, 21 July, after having obtained a complete of eight bids from corporations keen on changing into the only real operator.
The names of the bidders won’t be made public till subsequent Monday, 25 July, however, so far as SUR has been ready to be taught many of the six manufacturers at present working within the capital, and others who’ve had a presence previously, have utilized.
Malaga metropolis corridor, with the intention of getting a single firm run the concession, intends to deliver order to the chaotic state of affairs that’s as soon as once more occurring in areas of town centre and neighbourhoods reminiscent of Pedregalejo due to the uncivil angle of some customers and the dearth of management by the house owners of the scooters.
The firm awarded the contract will probably be obliged to supply a reduction of up to 51 per cent on the rent price to all residents registered within the metropolis. According to José del Río, councillor for Mobility, a Malaga resident will probably be ready to use an electric bike or a scooter for between 12 and 15 euros monthly.
The firm awarded the contract can have to present 30 parking areas, throughout all of the districts, not simply within the centre, which is the most well-liked space. The council will inform them the place to place them, and they are going to be added to the 20 that exist already. The new places have been negotiated with the 11 districts, and will probably be linked to the EMT, Metro and María Zambrano stations.
A most of 1,000 items can have to be distributed at these factors, between each bikes and scooters, though the mayor left the door open for extra, supplied that the corporate organises them in such a means that they are often accommodated on this house. Currently, there are round 1,800 autos of this kind circulating within the capital.