City council alleges cap on scooter numbers ‘systematically exceeded’ by 500 a day but company ‘disagrees’ with claims, saying it is ‘reviewing options’
Brisbane has become the first Australian city to kick out an e-scooter operator, after the council cancelled the licence for Beam to operate over allegations it regularly breached its caps.
The council’s transport chair, councillor Ryan Murphy, confirmed on Monday that the city had “terminated its contract with Beam”. That prompted three mayors in neighbouring councils in the city’s north to pledge to work together to create a shared e-scooter zone, backing the shareable transport option asThe Australian newspaper
Murphy said Beam’s Brisbane competitor, Lime, would “distribute additional devices to help fill any shortfall in Brisbane’s shared e-mobility network”.
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