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Analysis Deniz Huseyin
LTT859 19 December 2022
E-scooters are ‘valuable mode of transport’ analysis of trials for DfT concludes
E-scooters have a role to play in encouraging modal shift away from private vehicles, says new analysis from the DfT. Rental e-scooter trials were launched in July 2020 in 32 areas across England, with 14.5 million trips completed by December 2021.
The DfT commissioned an independent evaluation of the e-scooter trials from July 2020 to early 2022, examining how and why rental e-scooters are used, and by whom, as well as safety, mode shift, environmental and wider social impacts.
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