What Should be the Future for Micro-Mobility?
Segway is ending production of its celebrated 2 -wheeler. It was popular for tours and with the police but once the novelty had worn off electric scooters were proving to be a more competitive alternative.
Is Segway’s demise the beginning of the end for micro-mobility or the end of the beginning? Share your thoughts here. Once the key strands of the debate become clear STSG will summarise these in a future report or article.
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A BBC news article explains the Segway story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53160518
A recent DfT consultation made a number of important conclusions: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/legalising-rental-e-scooter-trials-defining-e-scooters-and-rules-for-their-use
See also this current consultation on the rural dimension of these issues https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-transport-rural-strategy-call-for-evidence/future-of-transport-rural-strategy-call-for-evidence