As a result of the referendum in Paris, the capital of France, the use of electric scooters was banned on April 2 and it was announced that the decision would come into effect on September 1.
After the Municipality of Paris gave the scooter companies time until the beginning of September, the last of the 15 thousand scooters in the city was removed from the streets.
With the abolition of scooters, which have long been the target of controversy, Paris became the first European capital to ban scooters.
The use of electric scooters was banned with 89.03 percent of the votes.
Scooters were first introduced in Paris in 2018. In the referendum held in April on the use of scooters, which has been discussed for a long time for safety reasons, the people of Paris with 89.03 percent of the votes demanded that the use of electric scooters be banned.
The use of electric scooters was banned as a result of the referendum, in which only 7.5 percent of the Paris population participated. Approximately 103 thousand 84 people voted in the referendum.