In Turin come electric scooters and pedal-assisted bicycles in sharing

Scooters will only be able to circulate on bicycle lanes and in areas at 30 km/h, pending the resolution fixing this limit also in Ztl. To drive them it will be mandatory to be 18 years old or have a motorcycle license and have a reflective jacket behind, to be worn from sunset to sunrise

In Turin, electric scooters and pedal-assisted bikes with sharing are arriving. After the approval on 8 October by the Appendino of the guidelines for free-floating services, this morning the public notice for operators who want to offer these services and those of traditional bicycles, scooters were public in the praetorian register.

The first scooters should be racing through the streets of the city in November. If at the moment it is not yet possible to know if someone will decide to join, as transport councilor Maria Lapietra announced ten days ago, "there are 12 interested managers, as well as some for assisted pedaling bikes".

There is a limit of 500 units per company, which may vary according to use. "If a type of vehicle will be used a lot, the exponent of the junta Appendino explained - the manager could put more on the road. On the contrary, it will be obliged to remove them ". In the squares of San Carlo, Castello, Vittorio Veneto, Carlo Alberto, Carignano and Palazzo di Città parking will be permitted only in the areas designated for parking cycles and motorcycles.

Scooters will only be able to circulate on bicycle lanes and in zones 30, pending the resolution that fixes this limit also in the LTZ. To drive them it will be mandatory to have 18 years or the motorcycle license and always have the reflective jacket with reflective fabric behind, which must be worn from sunset to sunrise.

Each operator must guarantee an insurance policy and a 10 euro surety bond - for traditional bikes and assisted pedaling, for scooters and segways - and 20 euros for scooters. The managers, for each vehicle, will have to allocate 5 euros for the MaaS platform, which will integrate the various services to move around the city (from local public transport to We Taxi, from scooters to bike sharing).

To ensure the removal of abandoned or irregularly parked vehicles, operators will have to activate a call center active 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

The notice will remain open for the next 5 years: advance deadline to 27 July 2021 for only innovative micro-electrically propelled vehicles, such as scooters.