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Inner West council joins Sydney in opting-out of e-scooter trial
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Image: The Inner West has declined to participate in trialling e-scooters in the LGA. Photo: Wikimedia commons.
By AMBER GRIFFIN
The Inner West Council has joined the City of Sydney as another key inner-city local government area rejecting a state government proposed trial for e-scooters. The council says they made the decision not to participate due to “similar concerns raised by City of Sydney”.
“These were mainly around safety issues for pedestrians, in particular our narrow, very busy footpaths” the Inner West Council said.
When asked if council worried non-participation might have impact on other local government areas, the Inner West said “as [The City of Sydney] is not participating in the trial, Council does not expect that there would be difficulties for large numbers of commuters”.
In NSW, participating councils will be trialling e-scooter rentals, although the government has yet to announce which local government areas will be involved in the trial, however 37 councils across NSW have expressed interest.
For councils participating in the trial, the government has provided conditions for operation.
Privately-owned e-scooters will not be part of the e-scooter trial due to safety concerns, and instead share-scheme scooters will be solely available. People who hire the shared e-scooters will not be permitted to ride them on footpaths.
To acknowledge safety concerns, the hired e-scooters across NSW will have a restricted speed of 20 kilometres an hour, helmets will be compulsory, riders will have to be a minimum 16 years of age and night-time riding will be prohibited.
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