Inner west passengers are set to be offered a limited e-scooter trial to help ease public transport woes when the T3 heavy rail line is shut down for 12 months.
Inner west passengers are set to be offered an e-scooter trial to help ease public transport woes when the T3 heavy rail line is shut down for 12 months between Sydenham and Bankstown to be converted to a metro.
However, the council “raised concern over safety, management and enforcement of such a large area, and proposed a more confined corridor”. Sydney’s first e-scooter trial began in January, in a small part of the Georges River Council area around Kogarah. The 60 Beam scooters are limited to 20km/h on roads and 5km/h on paths, and 2023 rides were recorded in the first month. Personal e-scooters are illegal on NSW roads and footpaths except in the six trial areas. The other five are outside Sydney.A map of the e-scooter trial underway since February 2022 in three local government areas in Melbourne.
Griffiths regularly cycles around the inner west from his home in Summer Hill, including between Petersham and Newtown, which was included in the original Transport for NSW proposal. “I think that is actually pretty ripe for this type of trial,” he said. “We should be looking at ways to make those streets safer for scooters, not ruling them out altogether.”Transport for NSW welcomed the Inner West Council’s consideration of a shared e-scooter trial.
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