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Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes on pavements on pedestrians.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
10 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
15 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of (a) e-scooters and (b) e-bikes on pavements on pedestrians.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    The use of e-scooters and e-bikes on pavements is unacceptable and can have serious impacts on pedestrians, both by causing injuries and by making it much harder for pedestrians to get about. Privately owned e-scooters cannot be legally ridden either on r...

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