Love ’em or hate ’em, e-scooters are a hit in regional Victoria – but not every community is on board.
The divisive rental e-scooters may have ground to a halt in the City of Melbourne, but they are powering ahead in regional Victoria, with some councils embracing them and operators pushing to expand into new areas.
“They are the most regulated form of transport we have in our city. The speeds are limited. How far you can go is limited. You are tracked constantly.” Hudson said the main complaints related to where they were parked and users wanting to see faster response times from Neuron to return scooters to main parking areas.
In the first eight weeks of the trial in Bendigo, there were more than 13,000 trips covering almost 23,000 kilometres. By August 13, the council had received 27 complaints and nine reports of incorrect parking.after the company was accused of under-reporting its fleet size. Beam confirmed it had appointed a legal team to investigate the allegations.
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